Aging worker termites explode themselves in suicide missions
(Phys.org) -- A new study of termites has revealed that older workers are equipped with suicide packs of chemicals on their backs to fight off intruders.
News tagged with suicides
Robot guards to patrol South Korean prisons
Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts, researchers said Thursday.
Robotics
Nov 24, 2011
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Dungeons & Dragons and burgers: 'Really bad outcomes' when we don't grasp fractions
n the 1980s there was a widespread conspiracy theory that young people who played the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons were prone to murder and suicide.
Mathematics
May 30, 2022
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Depressed Pinterest users suffer from lack of positive messages, study finds
Despite the large number of posts on visual social media platforms that suggest—and fuel—depressing or suicidal thoughts, there aren't many for users to read and share that would help them cope with their mental state ...
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2015
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Study suggests virus impacts caterpillar's phototactic response causing them to climb
(Phys.org) —A small team of researchers with Wageningen University in The Netherlands has found evidence that suggests that a type of virus that causes a species of caterpillar to climb higher up a plant, does so by causing ...
Facebook blocks social network 'suicide' website
Facebook said Monday that it is blocking a website called "Web 2.0 Suicide Machine" that helps users delete their social network profiles.
Internet
Jan 4, 2010
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How can we protect young people from cyberbullying?
The recent arrest by Canadian police of two young people who allegedly shared a photo of a young woman being sexually assaulted has once again highlighted the danger that social media can pose for teenagers.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2013
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Farmer suicides rise in India as climate warms, study shows
When Rani's husband died by drinking pesticide, he left the family in debt. But even if they could pay off the loans, Rani said their farming days are over.
Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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Suicide rates in the US are on the rise. A new study offers surprising reasons why
After a long, steady decline in national suicide rates, those numbers began steadily ticking up in the late 1990s and have generally risen ever since, with nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. taking their own lives in 2022, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2024
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Latvia's ask.fm to 'mature' after teen suicide uproar
Caught in a storm over a British teenager's suicide, Latvia's huge social networking website ask.fm has pledged to make changes and "mature", though supporters say it's being made a scapegoat.
Internet
Aug 24, 2013
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