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Waiting for pain can cause more dread than pain itself
People choose to experience more pain if it means spending less time waiting for it, which suggests that anticipating pain is worse than experiencing it
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Girl who feels no pain could inspire new painkillers
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Head hurts? Zap the wonder nerve in your neck
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What’s the beef? Cultured meat remains a distant dream
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Itch protein may hold key to cure for skin conditions
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Pain ray: The US military’s new agony beam weapon
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Brain circuits uniquely disrupted in Gulf War syndrome
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Synthetic llama antibodies soothe arthritis pain
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People in a vegetative state may feel pain
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Zoologger: Mouse eats scorpions and howls at the moon
Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world
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Why words are as painful as sticks and stones
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Neck implant eases chronic migraine
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Black mamba venom makes a great painkiller
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Subconscious cues might help you heal faster
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