Double Trouble: Decoding the Pain-Depression Feedback Loop
JAMA Network Open commentary focuses on the relationship of pain, depression, and anxiety. Chronic pain is often accompanied by depression and anxiety. In an invited...
Elemental Surprise: Physicists Discover a New Quantum State
A novel quantum state, “hybrid topology,” was discovered in arsenic crystals by Princeton scientists, merging edge and surface states in a unique quantum behavior. This...
A Real Life Eye of Sauron? New Technology To Detect Airborne Threats Instantly
Picture this disaster scenario in the making: At an industrial plant, a pipe cracks, spraying a cloud of tiny droplets into the air. Workers, however,...
This Math Problem Stumped Scientists for Almost a Century – Two Mathematicians Have Finally Solved It
Mathematicians at UC San Diego have discovered the secret behind Ramsey numbers. We’ve all been there: staring at a math test with a problem that...
Jordanians protest nightly against peace deal with Israel amid anger over Gaza war
Outraged over the war in Gaza, protesters gather every night near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan's capital to demand an end to peace agreements with Israel.
Calmes: Trump 1.0 made some world leaders laugh. Trump 2.0 terrifies them
Donald Trump says the world disrespects Biden, but he's projecting his own deep unpopularity onto the president.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Arizona Turns Back the Clock on Abortion Access
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the
After Uphill Battle, Company Is Poised for Takeover of Bankrupt California Hospital
MODESTO, Calif. — When American Advanced Management made a bid for the bankrupt Madera Community Hospital last year, many local officials and others involved in trying to reopen the facility didn’t take the company seriously.The 11-year-old firm, based in Modesto,
Arkansas Led the Nation in Measuring Obesity in Kids. Did It Help?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sixth-grade boys were lining up to be measured in the Mann Arts and Science Magnet Middle School library. As they took off their shoes and emptied their pockets, they joked about being the tallest.“It’s an advantage,”
Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life
Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists have set them apart from the rest of life. Viruses were far smaller than cells, and inside their protein shells they carried little more than genes. They could not
Can Information Escape a Black Hole?
Nothing escapes a black hole … or does it? In the 1970s, the physicist Stephen Hawking described a subtle process by which black holes can “evaporate,” with some particles evading gravitational oblivion. That phenomenon, now dubbed Hawking radiation, seems at
Romanian ex-prisoners fight to save memory of former communist jails
Some 44 prisons and 72 forced labour camps were set up under the regime for more than 150,000 political prisoners.
Astronaut Charles Bolden Preps for Deorbit
STS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He is wearing the orange launch and entry suit. Bolden and his crewmates performed proximity operations with the Russian
Gmail: How to automatically move emails to a label
Are you tired of micromanaging your Gmail inbox, only to get immediately clogged up with spam and email alerts within a few hours? Use Gmail filters to customize