For generations, schoolchildren have been taught that humans navigate the world with just five senses: sight, hearing, smell, ...

Our human senses apparently don’t stop at five—as recent research shows, we may have over thirty. Most of our experiences are ...

According to recent research, humans may have a new touch-related sense that allows us to detect buried objects without ...

The pandemic did something strange to our sense of time. For Ruth Ogden, lockdown spent confined to her 3-bedroom duplex in Manchester, England, with a newborn and two boys home from school, "was like ...

Examples often include proprioception, which helps you know where your limbs are without looking, and the vestibular sense, ...

We perceive the world through our five senses—our eyes, ears, skin, nose, and mouth are all receptors. Everything that comes into the brain enters through one of these doors. Because most of us take ...

The pandemic distorted our sense of time. For some, time stood still. For others, it sped up. The difference depended on factors from culture to emotional state. The pandemic did something strange to ...

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