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  1. 19599

    In general, a judge is an independent legal expert. To expect a legal expert to be able to determine the validity of the scientific information is no more reasonable than to expect a scientist to be able to do a good job of making legal judgments. Thomas BradleyPoway, Calif. If I remember correctly, expert witnesses […]

    By Science News
  2. Humans

    Benched Science

    As a result of three U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1990s, people who sue for redress from injury are now less likely to have scientific or medical evidence concerning that injury reach a jury.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Math

    Numbers of No Escape

    Playful iterative processes can get you stuck in mathemagical black holes.