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Nocebo ― a placebo's evil twin

You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what?

An x-ray displaying the mouse embryo with and extra pair of hind legs, displayed in pink. Photo: Lozovska et al., Nat. Comms, 2024

Scientists accidentally made a mouse grow legs in place of genitals

Kiss away the calories: 11 fun facts about kissing

Kiss away the calories: 11 fun facts about kissing

An artist's conception of star bursting galaxies early in the history of the universe is shown in this image. Stars and galaxies are shown in the bright white points of light, while the more diffuse dark matter and gas are shown in purples and reds. AARON M. GELLER, NORTHWESTERN, CIERA + IT-RCDS/Handout via REUTERS

Huge star explosion to appear in sky in once-in-a-lifetime event

Researchers wearing protective suits collect samples of wildlife, where the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected, at Chilean Antarctic Territory, Antarctica, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on March 13, 2024. Instituto Antartico Chileno/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Scientists investigate thousands of dead Antarctic penguins for bird flu

This image made with the Iseult Magneton 11.7 T MRI shows a brain during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam simulation at the Neurospin facilities in the Paris-Saclay Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission centre in Gif-sur-Yvette, on March 22, 2024. Photo: AFP

World's most powerful MRI scans first images of human brain

Scientists toss 350,757 coins to prove theory that coin tosses aren't 50/50

Scientists toss 350,757 coins to prove theory that coin tosses aren't 50/50

The diamond ring effect is seen during the total solar eclipse from Villa Chocon, Neuquen province, Argentina on 14 December, 2020/ AFP

Total solar eclipse expected on 8 April across North America, the next one is in 54 years

Photo: BSS/AFP

Japan Moon probe survives second lunar night: Space agency

Real Ice’s experiment in flooding part of Iqaluktuuttiaq in the Canadian Arctic. Photo: Arctic Reflections

Climate change: The 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice

A researcher holds a bowl of hybrid beef rice, elaborated using cow muscle and fat stem cells, at the laboratory of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo

South Korea scientists tout 'beef rice' as source of protein for the future

Recently, they unveiled a significant discovery: a genetic mutation, shared by humans and apes, potentially linked to the loss of tails in their ancestors some 25 million years ago. Photo: Collected

Why don't humans have a tail? A new research holds the answer

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Asian elephants mourn and bury their dead calves: Study