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'It doesn't lie. So who are you?': What happens when DNA tests show a woman is not the mother of the child she gave birth to?

"At first, I kind of laughed … But they were serious. I could just see the seriousness in their faces." In this book excerpt, Lise Barnéoud explores the limitations of DNA testing.
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NMSU psychology professor receives 2026 Humboldt Research Award

David Trafimow, a Distinguished Achievement professor of psychology at New Mexico State University, was recently selected to receive the prestigious Humboldt Research Award for 2026. Scott Brocato ...
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The Mystery of Why Only Humans Have Chins May Finally Have an Answer — And It’s Not What You’d Expect

The human chin is uniquely human, and the assumption has always been that it must have evolved for a specific purpose, perhaps to strengthen the jaw during chewing or speech. After all, chimpanzees ...
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Hypothesis Testing and Beyond: a Mini Survey on Membership Inference Attacks

Abstract: Membership Inference Attacks (MIA) have received significant attention from academia as a crucial means of evaluating privacy risks in machine learning models. With the introduction of ...
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Bounding SEL Rates for Null Results and Other Limited Test Data

Abstract: Recent work has shown that historical SEL data can supplement limited device-specific test data to bound device SEL rates. We extend these techniques to bound rates using null SEL results at ...