Every day, forensic examiners compare pieces of evidence (e.g., fingerprints, bullets) and decide whether they “match”—i.e., came from the same source (e.g., person, gun). These decisions hold obvious ...

Errors come in many varieties. Scientists, like everyone can be careless or inattentive. Such errors are preventable. But there are other errors that scientists make that are almost unavoidable, as ...

A far-from-definitive list of the 20 most annoying science and technology errors in films, from slow-moving lasers to extraterrestrials who use Windows Vista. By Tom Chivers 09 October 2009 • 7:30am ...