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David Canter on how psychology can save lives and catch killers

Although books and movies might suggest otherwise, catching criminals is of course less about hunches and gut instinct, and more about gruelling analysis of hard data - including when it comes to the psychological side.David Canter is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Un ...  Show more

Edith Heard on unravelling the mystery of X-chromosome inactivation

Imagine looking at a map of a city you thought you knew inside-out, only to discover a collection of tightly knit neighbourhoods that nobody had ever realised existed... Edith Heard has achieved something rather similar with DNA.Edith is a leading expert in epigenetics: put simpl ...  Show more

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