If anything's got a chance of solving the world's problems, it's science and technology.

And every breakthrough was the result of somebody doing the breaking through.

I'm David Poe.

This is Unsung Science, the untold creation stories behind the most mind-blowing advances in

science and tech, presented by CBS News and Simon & Schuster.

You can listen to Unsung Science wherever you get your podcasts.

This was a perfect true crime case.

It had mystery, murder, sex, media obsession.

He's got how to feel about all these care and restorative abuse and all that.

I'm Jack Leonard.

I'm senior editor of investigations at the Los Angeles Times.

Police in Modesto, California have very few leads in the search for Lacey Peterson,

a 27-year-old pregnant woman who vanished without a trace on Christmas Eve.

Whoever has her, please, please, please let her go, bring her back.

It's one of the most sensational murder cases in years.

Scott Peterson accused, convicted, and sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife and

dumping her body in the San Francisco Bay.

But now, there's a new twist.

California's highest court overturned the death penalty for Scott Peterson who was convicted

of murdering his wife.

The verdict did not clear up anything.

There's no smoking gun in this case.

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