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Two mauve colours side by side, seen through three loops, two containing special filters

Technology

Special glasses give people superhuman colour vision

A pair of spectacles filter light to trick the eyes into seeing colour differently, letting people distinguish between hues that look the same but aren't

News

Babies born prematurely react different to touch

Life

Premature babies’ brains respond differently to gentle touching

News

Tendril at tip of plant

Life

Climbing plants use taste to avoid clinging to other weak vines

News

Dormouse on ground

Life

Dormouse might be first tree-climbing mammal shown to echolocate

News

Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

Health

Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

News

A hand touching something

Technology

Blind people ‘see’ microscope images using touch-feedback device

News

People eating watermelons together

Health

Why the sound of noisy eating fills some people with rage

News

Grey fox

Life

Foxes may confuse predators by rubbing themselves in puma scent

News

Mother holding young child on her left side

Life

Why mums and babies prefer to keep to one side of each other

News

A lightning bolt

Life

Woman hit by lightning loses synaesthesia – but then it returns

Medication, meningitis and being struck by lightning have all affected one woman’s synaesthesia, but remarkably it soon returned in exactly the same form

News

Health

Why some itches can’t be scratched – and how to combat them

Features

Health

Hurt blocker: To treat chronic pain, look to the brain not body

Features

Life

The sweet scent of plastic lures seabirds to a dangerous snack

News

Technology

Tiny fingertip camera helps blind people read without braille

News

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