Psychologist’s Resignation Throws Results into Question
Lawrence Sanna’s research into embodied cognition may be based on questionable data.
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Fraud
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Spotting Election Fraud Gets Smarter, Cheaper
A push from USAID to cut costs and develop better solutions to international problems produces a more effective way to monitor elections.
#OWS: What Took So Long?
Psychologists tie the reluctance to protest Wall Street bailouts to a deep-seated need to justify the status quo.
Scamming Grandma Sadly Common
Scams targeting the elderly are among the most common, but a little skepticism can keep their years golden.
Magical Elixirs and Beneficial Bracelets
Surely wrapping a hologram around my wrist in a neoprene band has got to allow me to maximize my greatest potential.
Pyramid Power, or Pennies for a Pony
Whether chain letters or Bernie Madoff, scams that rely on ever-greater numbers of gullible people eventually founder.
When Bad Things Happen to Good Rogues
A century and a half after defective mules prompted a law on false claims, the federal government is still working kinks out of the process.
An ePassport is a Fiendishly Slippery Thing
No sooner are new electronic identification methods out on the street than do electronic tricksters (and presumably cyber bad guys) hack them.
New Hope, Indeed!
Last week our David Rosenfeld used the story of Horatio Bernard, an immigrant from Liberia, to outline the…
Memorable Stories of 2008
A host of meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web.