With every step we take, our brains are already thinking about the next one. If a bump in the terrain or a minor misstep has ...

A new mathematical equation describes the distribution of different fragment sizes when an object breaks. Remarkably, the ...

American figure skater Andrew Torgashev was at an invitation-only camp organized by U.S. Figure Skating not long ago, a ...

The five established senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Each of these has specialist organs that send information to the brain about our environment. But over the years, many ...

The first evidence that humans have the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a form of ‘remote touch’ that birds such as sandpipers have, has been presented in a new study from researchers ...

Research has found that humans can detect objects buried in sand without directly touching them. The discovery challenges the long-held belief that touch is limited to physical contact. Touch has ...

A sandpiper (red knot) produces a pressure field with the bill in a sand sediment of a hypothetical mudflat. Modified from de Fouw et al. (2016) Animal Behaviour. Credit: Author: de Fouw. Modified ...

Summary: A new study shows that humans possess a form of “remote touch,” allowing them to detect hidden objects in sand before making direct contact. Participants sensed buried cubes by perceiving ...

This week in stories we’re covering at The Debrief, a team of physicists is using light to alter the magnetic nature of matter at room temperature, revealing quantum effects once thought impossible.

U.S. citizens can travel on certain "closed-loop" cruises without a passport. Closed-loop cruises are voyages that begin and end at the same U.S. port. Travelers without a passport will need other ...

Every Class 1-A student has an excellent quirk at their disposal and puts up a fantastic display of their special powers during the battles against villains. One such example is Ochaco Uraraka, who ...