A recent study adds a sixth way animals may use magnetoreception.
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Researchers were surprised to find how widespread this magnetic property was, not only across families of bees but also beetles, wasps and flies.
When we’re awake, our imaginations are quite different. But what about our dreams?
The human mind is always searching for meaning in ambiguity. Could misinterpretations of the external world create the experience of the supernatural?
NeeDoh is the latest squishable toy to go viral. But not all sensory objects are toys. Here’s the difference and why it matters.
Even the traditional five senses don’t operate in silo.
This sign of neurodegenerative disease often appears much earlier than other symptoms.
Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger and thirst.
Shouting, squelching, singing, constantly moving, ancient urban wineries were an assault on the senses
The lack of an inner monologue seems linked to a lower ability to recall words and predict their sound.
Philosophers have been debating whether we need conditioning to link information from different senses for centuries.
Let’s delve into the three super-senses of dolphins: magnetic perception, electrical perception and echolocation.
Our bodies have a dedicated channel for sensing only the very lightest of touches.
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your brain isn’t wired to rely on vision.
Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to survive.
Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.
When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological changes when seeing their dead.
Motion sickness results when your senses report conflicting information to your brain that it can’t reconcile based on its expectations about how the world works.
No two people will react to the same smell in the same way.
A cultural collaboration with deafblind people led to the development of a high-tech device to help navigate their world post-lockdown
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