Richard Stephens, who was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for his research about swearing and pain, has just won a writing competition for his work about smiling. The Wellcome Trust reports: Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2014: The winners are… 22 OCT, 2014 The winners of the fourth Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize were announced this […]
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Abusing robots – current positions [part 4 of 4]
Given that various groups of academic researchers (and others) are already investigating the torture of robots, and that these procedures raise ethical questions [See previous posts on this topic.] We now turn to the question of how robots might express the levels of ‘pain’ to which they are exposed. Clearly they must be able to […]
Dr. Altschuler on … Applied Ice Cream Headaches
Cluster Headaches are said to affect around 0.1% of the population and are characterised by very intense pain, usually on just one side of the head. The discomfort is so extreme that even the most experienced physicians might struggle to comprehend degree of suffering of the patient – unless, that is, they were also experiencing […]
Music That Overwhelms Tooth Pain, They Say
Begin playing the soothing music video, below. Listen to it as you read this item from the Bibliolore blog: A 28-year-old woman urgently needed a tooth extraction, and local anesthesia was not an option. The patient was offered all of the other anesthetizing options, but she chose music instead. A recording of a Rām dhun […]