Researchers at the University of Manchester are turning to virtual reality once again, not to have another go 'round at proving whether telepathy is real or not, but to help individuals with amputated limbs recover from so-called "phantom limb pain, " a sensation wherein amputees appear to feel pain in their lost limb.

ENGADGET: Researchers turn to VR to treat phantom limb pain

"There has been a long debate about whether crustaceans including crabs, prawns and lobsters feel pain, " said Professor Elwood in a press statement.

CNN: Crabs 'feel and remember pain' suggests new study

Indeed for many of them, an inability to share their story in the years after their time in a Magdalen Laundry has only added to the confusion and pain they feel about that period in their lives.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

This state is likely to lose two congressional seats, and the governor has a say in which party will feel that pain.

CNN: The Sweep: Governors' races are 'main event' in 2010

The pleasure I feel at having a day with my family and watching their excitement does not diminish the pain I feel at devastation left in the wake of the storm.

FORBES: Can You Admit What You're Feeling?

The mah song are specially chosen to shift evil from individuals and bring good luck to the community, and it is claimed that they feel no pain as they march around Phuket Town in a trance for two hours, "possessed" by the purifying spirits of the Nine Emperor Gods, who they believe will protect them from any harm or scarring.

BBC: Phuket's Vegetarian Festival

We understand that life is stressful, that a lot of people are in pain, that they want the pain to stop and they want to feel good even for a moment, so they drink and spend and gamble and eat and smoke and it can cause enormous problems even as it relaxes them or allows them to get through one more day, or night.

FORBES: The New Graphic Warnings On Cigarette Packs Make Me Gag, But Not For The Reason You'd Think.

So while men might feel the pain of the economy and move to dump someone who talks about increasing government support, women feel the pain and know that everyone needs more help in a down economy.

FORBES: Slammed by Job Loss, 'Waitress Moms' Pull Away From GOP

When you don't feel the pain, you may do something to injure the area further, a serious concern in patients who perform manual or heavy labor.

CNN: 5 ways to handle chronic pain