Science news articles about 'fears'

BEIJING (Reuters) - Fears of a virus that has killed at least 26 children in China gripped parents in Beijing on Tuesday amid a spreading outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease.

... . Yet for those people who live more protected lives, the fear of crime tends to be a more diffuse feeling that reflects ... . Rather than being about an irrational sense of crime, both fear of crime and anxiety about crime distilled popular ...

Layoffs at a top U.S. nuclear design lab have stirred fears that highly specialized scientists will sell their expertise to foreign countries.

Facial expressions showing fear are harder for the brain to detect in crowds than individually or in small groups, according to research.

BASEL, Switzerland, July 10 (UPI) -- Learned fear is triggered by a rapid switching in the activity balance between two brain circuits, a Swiss study published Thursday found.

... stimulus, such as a shock to the feet. However, this conditioned fear response was diminished with repetition of the neutral stimulus ... of having been trained for extinction. The tone will evoke as much fear as if the rat had not been trained for extinction. "Extinction memory ...

... on anxiety last week, when they published a paper that pinpoints which brain cells are responsible for fear. read ...

... chemical linked to pleasure and depression may also trigger fear, according to a new study. Researchers say this may explain why ...

... justice system. The study shows that stress and fear reduce the likelihood of successful identification, bringing ...

... justice system. The study shows that stress and fear reduce the likelihood of successful identification, bringing ...

Palestinian and Jewish bulldozer drivers alike in Jerusalem say they live in fear of being mistaken for attackers.

Early fears about IVF turned out to be misplaced, but 30 years after the birth of the first 'test-tube' baby, new worries about the evolving uses of reproductive technology are emerging.

... . This is partly due to a vicious cycle fueled by a fear of falling and subsequent inactivity, causing elderly ...

... person's face that conveys a sense they can be trusted or feared. They chose those precise traits because they found they corresponded ...

... the number of individuals consumed. According to a University of Rhode Island ecologist, they must also examine the effects of fear ...