Summary: A new study reveals that how people think about and cope with chronic pain is more important than the pain itself in determining physical activity levels. Researchers found that…
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Lack of Sleep in Teens Linked to Higher Suicide Risk
Summary: Teenagers who sleep less or experience frequent night awakenings are significantly more likely to attempt suicide later in adolescence, according to a major longitudinal study. Researchers analyzed data from…
Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities
Subterranean mosquitoes specialized for life in subways and sewers first evolved to pester humans millennia ago in Mediterranean civilizations. A widely accepted story about the mosquitoes’ evolution put their origins…
Watch SpaceX launch its record-breaking 139th mission of the year today
SpaceX will launch its record-setting 139th mission of the year today (Oct. 23), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from…
Rare silver-tipped stylus among new discoveries at the “Gates of Heaven”
Archaeologists from the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology (LDA) have unearthed a rare silver-tipped stylus during excavations at the Himmelpforte Monastery, otherwise known as the “Gates of…
Which venomous snakes strike the fastest?
Some vipers are the sprinters of snakes. Vipers wielded the fastest attacks in a comparison of 36 venomous snakes from three families, researchers report October 23 in Journal of Experimental…
Simulations hint at new strongly correlated states of matter in ultracold polar molecules
A self-bound crystal of individual dipolar molecules surrounded by a superfluid ring. I have made the figure myself, based on simulation data. Credit: Ciardi et al. Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are…
Condensation defying gravity
Experiment viewed from above. Credit: European Space Agency From dew at dawn to a foggy mirror after a shower, condensation is part of our daily lives on Earth. In space,…
Family and peer conflicts predict teenage mental health issues, study finds
Family fighting was the best predictor of current symptoms in general psychopathology. Models trained on information about the family yielded the most accurate predictions of psychopathology, and these results were…
