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    Jacubious: I was pretty disturbed by this article as I usually am when I read things about people getting death sentences. I must say though, the comments really... more »
    ForestFire0: So the jury came to the same conclusion, but it took 9 hours longer, and that is a victory? "Well, you'll still be killed, but they thought about it ... more »
    Duckspwn: Wooo! Death penalty! This article had a happy ending. more »
    yogibimbi: interesting to know that forensics seem to understand the brain better than neurobiology does. fMRI so far is mostly empirical data, meaning, that in ... more »
    Canoehead: Strikes me as a darned good reason to kill him, since apparently his brain architecture will prevent rehabilitation. One would think that defense cou... more »
    Nelson: Still waiting for advances in dream-recording technology, and then using a combination of someone's dream and intent to convict people. When that happ... more »
    tomsomething: I don't see this as a gateway to guilt-sniffing robots. This is a medical image used to prove that someone's brain is broken and could not function co... more »
    Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Pop a xanax. more »
    travisco_nabisco: This is truly a disturbing concept. I have not doubt that science will one day get to the point where this is reliable, but it should take a lot more ... more »
    Nathan Obbards: I don't think anyone should be subject to the death penalty ever, but I also think that people who suffer from psychosis or who are pscyho/sociopaths ... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: And what's to distinguish guilt of a murder from guilt from infidelity. more »
    strider_mt2k: Caption contest! "Hey lady...you okay?" "I have to clean the floor in here." more »
    infmom: If we gave you any kind of equipment? Is that an admission you guys are not well equipped? more »
    Gary_7vn: Some guys can get an erection anywhere! This guy has a future in pron! He has nothing to hide at this point, that's for sure. more »
    Gary_7vn: I have to admit, there is something magnetic about these images. more »
    InsidiousTuna: Oh baby. Seeing them squishy piles of guts heave is just making me crazy. In all seriousness, that's one of the most disgustingly curious things I've... more »
    Mark 2000: i couldn't help but notice all the movement of the organs in that woman. Was that her bladder bouncing up and down? Wow. more »
    Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Liszt must be happy in his grave knowing that Hungarian Rhapsody n.2 was used to close such a video research. more »
    Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars: That's... a lot of shifting around, I should say. o_o more »
    TrollSlayer: This answers absolutely no questions for the gay community. more »
  • #crime

    How Your Brain Will Betray You in a Court of Law

    I know it's science, which is ostensibly more objective than human intuition, but there's something unnerving about an MRI brain scan being admitted as evidence in a murder trial in Chicago, the first in the US. More »
  • #robots

    Touchy Feely Robot Promises to be Gentle (and Check for Cancer)

    This won't hurt a bit! Researchers have developed a prototype robot that, through key-hole surgery, can detect cancer tumors in half the time, with less tissue damage, and with 40 percent more accuracy than clumsy humans. More »
  • #science

    MRI Video of Two People Having Sex Is, Uh, Really Something (NSFW)

    Back in 1999, Pek Van Andel and three of his colleagues did a research study to take MRI images of a couple having sex. Now, the video is on the internet. Oh my. More »
  • #brainscans

    Future Arrives Early: Judge Uses Brain Scan to Convict Person of Murder

  • #magnets

    World's Most Powerful Magnet Under Construction in Florida

    You have probably heard stories about patient injuries or deaths occurring when someone introduces a heavy metal object into the same room as an MRI machine. Obviously, we are talking about some seriously powerful magnets here. However, the $10 million magnet currently under construction at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Florida is expected to reach 100 tesla when finished—about 67 times more powerful than a typical MRI machine. More »
  • #thisisyourbrain

    Amazing DSI Brain Scanning Visualizes Your Mind's Inner Workings In 3D

    What's that monkey thinking about when he's mushing down that banana or tossing feces at you? Well, you're looking at it—this is a map of where a macaque's thoughts live. It's made possible by new 3D visualization algorithms developed by neuroscientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston which render a brain's billions of individual neuron connections in full-color 3D, with each visible strand representing several tens of thousands of the too-small-to-image neural pathways. It's all done by simply applying new processing to existing MRI scan data, and thankfully, it works on human brains too. More »
  • #computers

    Psychic Computer Sees Words Inside Your Brain

  • #medicine

    Cheap, Homemade MRI Does a Better Job Imaging Lungs Than the Real Thing

    Are you one of the millions of Americans living without health insurance? If so, then you know how expensive hospital visits are, especially for fancy tests like MRIs. But hey, don't worry. If you need an MRI, you can always just use this makeshift MRI that was built using a cardboard tube, coils of wire, and other items that you can pick up at your local hardware store. The thing is, it really works. More »
  • #gadgets

    Hood Toaster: MRI Your Bread