Whether they are long and slimy, wide and bumpy, fissured, furry or tied – our tongues may be even more unique than we give them…
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The science of skin: everything you need to know about your body’s biggest organ – and how to protect it
The Ancient Egyptians knew all about skincare. Scrolls dating back 3,500 years describe elaborate routines to keep the face soft and smooth, the body gently…
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The brew is so potent that practitioners report not only powerful hallucinations, but near-death experiences, contact with higher-dimensional beings, and life-transforming voyages through alternative realities.…
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The idea was simple. Recruit hundreds of people in their 80s and 90s, equip them with fitness trackers, and monitor their physical activity. Then, when…
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Scientists have identified evolutionary modifications in the voice box distinguishing people from other primates that may underpin a capability indispensable to humankind: speaking. Researchers said…
View More How quirk of primate evolution gave humans the voice apes lackDoes life flash before your eyes? Brain scan of dying man suggests it’s possible
When Harry Stamper sets off a bomb to save planet Earth in the film Armageddon, his life flashes before his eyes. Now research has revealed…
View More Does life flash before your eyes? Brain scan of dying man suggests it’s possibleScientists identify how humans detect the smell of body odour and musk
When you are packed on a commuter train, the body odour of fellow passengers can at times be hard to ignore. Now scientists have shed…
View More Scientists identify how humans detect the smell of body odour and muskDutch scientists may have solved mystery of why some twins are identical
The medical mystery of what causes some twins to be born identical may have been solved by scientists in the Netherlands, raising hopes for treatment…
View More Dutch scientists may have solved mystery of why some twins are identical‘Somehow we’re still here’: one parent’s shocking story of survival
We were running late that day. Three months into parenthood and time seemed to be perpetually against us – a constant battle against the clock…
View More ‘Somehow we’re still here’: one parent’s shocking story of survivalNeuroscientist Anil Seth: ‘We risk not understanding the central mystery of life’
For centuries, philosophers have theorised about the mind-body question, debating the relationship between the physical matter of the brain and the conscious mental activity it…
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