Fingers and toes become wrinkled after being in water for long periods, and now new research explains why. The transformed skin improves our grip on wet objects.Aside from answering why we get the wrinklies after bathing, swimming and hand-washing dishes,
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Thirty years ago most psychologists, philosophers and psychiatrists thought that babies and young children were irrational, egocentric and amoral. They believed children were locked in the concrete here and now—unable to understand cause and effect, imagi
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Continue reading >>In July, the State of Origin III, a rugby match that’s one of Australia’s most fervently watched sports events, was disrupted by a chubby, bald-headed man who ran out onto the field, clad only in running shoes.
Continue reading >>Everyone has heard an allusion to the common belief that people “walk around in circles” when they’re lost. You might have assumed it was just a turn of phrase or a funny expression.
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