9 Fascinating Facts About the Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...
How Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan influenced today's multi-sensory museums
In recent decades, museums and galleries have made a sensory turn when it comes to designing displays and engaging visitors.
Ray tails have long been mysterious. Scientists may have finally discovered their function
Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has ...
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Bumrungrad Transforms Lives with World-Class Organ Transplants
Organ transplantation is a medical marvel that saves lives and offers renewed hope to patients suffering from chronic diseases like kidney disease, liver cirrhosis, and heart failure. Moreover, ...
Crunchy or Mushy? Maggots Have a Secret Way to Taste Texture
Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...
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Researchers uncover key insights into how the body protects against neuron damage
New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...
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Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails
The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning ... structure contained specialized organs that help sense underwater stimuli, hinting at how other oceanic ...
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Cownose ray uses its tail as a fine-tuned antenna, new study finds
In their study published in the Proceedings of ... which were in turn connected to a lateral line canal—a line of sensory organs found in amphibians and many types of fish.
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Neuronal subtypes study uncovers parallel gut-to-brain pathways that regulate feeding behaviors
Their findings ... associated visceral organs and ascending sensory pathways, all of which contribute to specific functions in coordinated feeding regulation," wrote the researchers.
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HOW SENSORY TOYS ARE MAKING THEIR PRESENCE FELT
Lots of new sensory Scrunchems are at pocket money prices. There are over a hundred new designs covering all aspects of squishiness! 2024 saw One for Fun pick up many consumer accolades, in particular ...
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Why kittens are competent and human babies totally helpless
Many of these creatures are not “brought up” by their parents—they tend to get separated from ... It resides in the brain’s neural circuits, which guide sensory organs and motor responses, reinforced ...
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New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
“In other words, their organs are functioning well ... Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves excess fat that directly affects organ function or limits an individual’s ability to conduct ...