
, , , , The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Follow the Daily Galaxy Human Gene Mutation Creates Resistance to Kuru A Rare , Violent Epidemic Main Glowing Bacteria to Track Long Buried Landmines November 25, 2009 The Daily Flash Eco , Space , Tech 11 25 Courtroom First : Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing A defendant’s MRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time . Brain scan evidence that the defense claimed shows the defendant’s brain was psychopathic was allowed into the sentencing portion of a murder trial in Chicago , Science reported Monday . Brian Dugan , who had been convicted of the rape and murder of a 10-year old , was sentenced to death , despite the fMRI scans . I don’t know of any other cases where fMRI was used in that context , Stanford professor Hank Greely told . Science Inside James Cameron's Head : Avatar , F-Bombs , and Hundreds of Millions of Dollars The Futurist : The Life and Films of James Cameron , a biography of the director by former Time magazine Hollywood correspondent Rebecca Keegan , starts with the director's ancestors in Scotland and takes readers through post-production on the much-ballyhooed Avatar .