Commentary: When Questions of Science Come to a Courtroom, Truth Has Many Faces
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The knottiest problem has been deciding what scientific evidence or testimony should be considered in the first place.
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With a rare criminal case against a senior federal researcher, prosecutors are sending a message to scientists on the government payroll: Making money from companies on the side can land you in big trouble.
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A trial that opened more than a year ago has become bogged down in Boston federal court. There have been hundreds of hours of testimony from witnesses, including 10 medical specialists paid tens of thousands of dollars. The judge himself even hired an expert to help him make sense of it all.
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Well, you can believe in indeterminacy. Or you can believe the testimony delivered on the only reliable lie detector ever invented - the deathbed - by the victim himself.Comment
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A new brain imaging study shows that when people tell the truth and lie, they use different parts of their brains. Scientists are exploiting these brain changes to develop an imaging technique
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J. Michael Bailey is at the center of one of the most contentious and personal social science controversies in recent memory.
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Some of the direst noises about our nationâs scientific prospects may be premature; students seem to be embracing challenging science courses.
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The case of Terri Schiavo, which the Florida high court hears Tuesday, will help establish procedures in future cases. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Editors of scientific journals should beef up their level of skepticism about high-profile papers submitted to them and demand solid evidence that the work was completed as described, according to a review of the editorial procedures that led to the publication of fraudulent scientific papers by...
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Squabbling over who served tainted what to whom masks deeper rifts.
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Science & environment: A demonstration by supporters of animal testing may reignite bitter row over the use of animals in medical research
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A Georgia school board is in court this week over &quot;disclaimer&quot; stickers it placed on biology textbooks stating that the theory of evolution has not been proven as fact.
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I. Lewis Libbyâs lawyers appeared to be engaging in some gamesmanship over the possibility of not having Mr. Libby testify in his own defense.
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The Monitor's film critic asks whether a nonfiction film can truly be unbiased.
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After decades of dives, a scientist offers a theory to explain the spectacular deceptions of cephalopods.
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Testimony in the case of Oracle v. PeopleSoft last week turned to the issue of corporate lies, and it spoke volumes about the time we live in.
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The arguments have been made, and now a judge must decide: Do disclaimers Cobb County stuck in its science textbooks two years ago - calling evolution a &quot;theory, not a fact&quot; â-iolate the principle of separation between church and state?