The pain of post-herpetic neuralgia can drive people to the point of suicide. Researchers are getting closer to pinpointing its cause – which may extend to other forms of neuropathy.
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Good habits by consumers can stymie scams, but US regulations have fallen behind the technology.
Memories are dynamic, not fixed. Even if what you’re remembering about your own experience isn’t quite how it all happened, those memories serve important roles.
The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model
Bacteria use strategies similar to artificial neural networks to use the past to adapt to the future.
A person with Tourette syndrome who holds back their tics may look fine, but keeping these involuntary urges contained can be draining.
Making broadband affordable and training people how to best use it are also key to saving time.
A massive solar flare could seriously disrupt life on Earth – but new NASA missions and others in development will help monitor the Sun.
Radio spectrum is a critical but limited resource, but advances in technology are making it possible to share.
60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.
Tiny geolocators measure light levels and atmospheric pressure to reveal the migrations of small songbirds – including the yellow-rumped warbler, also known as a butter-butt – in unprecedented detail.
A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.
Some stars turn into black holes at the end of their lifespans, once they stop burning the fuel in their cores.
When it comes to transportation, there’s a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.
From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant physical and mental health risks.
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.
Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people’s lives.
Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
Some animal species have their eyes positioned on their heads differently than how people do – and it comes with pluses and minuses for how they see.
Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes – to unexpected results.
From eggs and jalapenos to dog food, granola and pet turtles – it seems like you can catch a Salmonella infection from just about anything these days.
Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.