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Difficult people in your social circle may be accelerating your biological aging, study finds

Person experiencing social stress

People who make your life difficult may be doing more than ruining your day — they could be making you age faster at the molecular level. A new study from researchers at New York University, Utah State University, the University

Physicists show electric charges can be accelerated without producing radiation

Abstract illustration of quantum particles and electromagnetic fields

One of the oldest rules in physics — that accelerating an electric charge always produces radiation — turns out to have an exception. A team of physicists has shown that in quantum mechanics, it is possible to accelerate a charged

High temperatures linked to fewer male births in Africa and India, but for very different reasons

Pregnant woman outdoors in heat

A sweeping new study analysing nearly five million births across sub-Saharan Africa and India has found that high temperatures during pregnancy are linked to fewer male births — and the reasons differ dramatically between the two regions. Researchers from the