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
Continue reading >>The placebo effect has been well-known in the medical and research communities since the early days of medicine, but up until now it was thought that placebos worked because patients believed they would. But a new study from Harvard Medical School suggest
Continue reading >>When someone “likes” an online comment, other people become much more likely to give the comment a thumbs up, too, suggesting that our opinions and decisions may be at the mercy of what others seem to think, at least when reviews are positive.
Continue reading >>Mesolithic hunter-gatherers living on a meat-dominated, grain-free diet had much healthier mouths that we have today, with almost no cavities and gum disease-associated bacteria, a genetic study of ancient dental plaque has revealed.
Continue reading >>The oldest human tumor ever found — by more than 100,000 years — has been discovered in the rib of a Neanderthal.
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