Scientists now believe humans may have more than five senses, with some estimates ranging from 22 to over 30. While the traditional five—sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell—are well known, ...

And modern research is showing we may actually have dozens of senses. Odours in low-fat yogurts can make them feel richer and ...

Stuck in front of our screens all day, we often ignore our senses beyond sound and vision. And yet they are always at work.

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Have you ever stumbled on uneven ground (or even ground) but somehow caught yourself before you fell? That’s proprioception, your body’s built-in GPS. It’s your body’s ability to sense where it is in ...

Summary: Researchers studying fruit flies discovered that nerve cells sensing limb motion are turned off when the insect moves, allowing the brain to switch between stabilizing posture and enabling ...

1 School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia Correspondence to: M de Noronha School of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

From the discovery of stardust older than the sun to the first tyrannosaur embryos, here are some fascinating findings that may have been overshadowed this year. Researchers in Chiquihuite Cave wear ...

Flying cars, talking robots, invisibility cloaks… when we predicted the future from our '90s bedrooms, we weren’t far off. While our cars are still curtailed by gravity, drivers are surplus to ...

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