Clik here to view.
How Sound Affects Your Sense Of Taste
Things I did not know until today include the fact that apparently sound plays a huge part in how we perceive food. Combine that with what we know about color and, well… let’s just say that, with all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Humans And Squid Evolved Separately For Millions Of Years But Ended Up...
Eyes and wings are among the most stunning innovations evolution has created. Remarkably these features have evolved multiple times in different lineages of animals. For instance, the avian ancestors...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We see 'less than a 10-trillionth' of the world around us, but new technology...
We see a pitiful percentage of what's happening around us at all times. It's not just that we're not looking. It's that our the parts of our body that we use to process the world around us — eyes,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazing animation shows exactly what happens in the eye when someone goes blind
You're able to see the world — from words on a screen to clouds in the sky — because of some specialized nerve cells in the retina at the back of your eye. Cells called photoreceptors respond to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An ambitious group of scientists are trying to end blindness forever
What exactly do you see when you're blind? It varies — vision loss manifests in many different ways — but the variety of colors, the sharpness of shapes, and the details that most of us take for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists gave rats brain implants to give them super-vision
Researchers at Duke gave rats an extra sense, and all it took was a little bit of brain surgery. With external hardware hooked into their brains, rats can see infrared light, and navigate it well...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This artificial skin could let robots 'feel' heat and pressure
Our skin is our largest organ. And it's amazingly sensitive, capable of feeling everything from the burn of a hot stove to the caress of a lover. But reproducing those sensations in a machine isn't...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here's why salt tastes so good, yet too much salt tastes so bad
There's more that makes us scarf entire bags of salty snacks than just lack of self control. Salt is necessary for the human body, and our brains are hardwired to crave it. But dump a whole salt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Your nose matters more than your mouth when it comes to tasting food — here's...
If you give a kid a jelly bean, and tell her to plug her nose, she will probably tell you it tastes sweet. But when you tell her to unplug her nose, she'll be able to tell you it was actually a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One activity may engage your brain more than any other
Your brain fires for every reason imaginable — walking, talking, remembering what you went into that room for, even doing nothing at all. But neuroscientists think one activity might activate your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our brains hear things in a completely different way when we're in a loud room
When we talk face-to-face, we exchange many more signals than just words. We communicate using our body posture, facial expressions and head and eye movements; but also through the rhythms that are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We're finally starting to learn more about our 'sixth sense'
What tells you your bladder is full? Your body uses a sense that is so all-pervasive it’s normally kept at a subconscious level so we aren’t overwhelmed with information. Sometimes referred to as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This $150 device lets you send smells to friends through an iPhone — like a...
Do you ever wish you could escape everyday life sometimes? Maybe you imagine yourself living somewhere exotic, like this beautiful beach pictured on the right here. Perhaps you'll download a gorgeous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists only know one kind of person who can tickle themselves
When you were a kid, did you try to tickle yourself? Did you succeed? Unless you fall into a certain sliver of the population, you probably sat there, glumly jabbing your fingers at the soles of your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A neuroscientist says your 'reality' could be entirely different from the...
On an episode of the "Art of Charm" podcast, neuroscientist David Eagleman invited host Jordan Harbinger to imagine a world in which everyone — except Harbinger — was born blind. "So you had vision,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to train yourself to develop ‘super senses’
Sensory perception is as flexible as language skills, according to new research. Scientists were able to boost participants' senses using a process of neurofeedback. The participants became faster and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The smartphone is eventually going to die, and we're not ready for what comes...
Silicon Valley companies think that smart glasses, like the Magic Leap, will one day replace the smartphone. That could be good: As we worry about smartphone addiction, glasses could present a way to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Having a good sense of smell could be better for your sex life — here's why
A new study suggests how people with a better sense of smell may enjoy sex more. It wasn't that they performed better or had more desire, but they did report finding sexual encounters more "pleasant."...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some people can feel it on their own bodies when others are touched, hit, or...
People who experience the physical sensations of others have "mirror-touch synesthesia." It means they can feel a sensation on the same part of the body where they see someone else being hit, stroked,...
View Article
