Policing: Placing people who do NOT look the same in line-ups can improve accuracy by 10 per cent

Is THIS the key to improving eyewitness identification? Placing people who do NOT look the same in police line-ups can improve accuracy by 10%, surprising study reveals US and UK researchers recruited 19,732 volunteers to play the role of eyewitness Each participant was shown a video of a faked crime, followed by a photo line-up The … Read more

Policing: Placing people who do NOT look the same in line-ups can improve accuracy by 10 per cent

Is THIS the key to improving eyewitness identification? Placing people who do NOT look the same in police line-ups can improve accuracy by 10%, surprising study reveals US and UK researchers recruited 19,732 volunteers to play the role of eyewitness Each participant was shown a video of a faked crime, followed by a photo line-up The … Read more

Man finally discovers how his mother died almost 40 years later – after placing ad in a local paper

A man who lost his mother when he was three spent almost 40 years having no idea how she died – until he placed an advert in his local newspaper. Iain Cunningham, 44, of Nuneaton, only saw photographs of his late mum Irene for the first time when he was 18, but his father Don … Read more

‘Lickable screen’ uses gels to simulate any flavor without users placing food in their mouth 

Bizarre ‘lickable screen’ uses gels to simulate any flavor from sushi to gummy candy without users placing a single piece of food in their mouth A ‘lickable screen’ device simulates flavors when placed on the tongue It holds tubes of gels that taste like the five flavors distinguished by the tongue   Electrical charges are released … Read more