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Humans

Seven ways to fool your sense of touch

It's surprisingly easy for your body to fool your brain. Graham Lawton puts his sense of touch to the test

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Life

Tactile illusions 1: The Aristotle illusion

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Tactile illusions 2: Perceptual rivalry

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Tactile illusions 3: Boxing clever

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Tactile illusions 4: I feel it in my fingers

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Tactile illusions 5: Change numbness

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Tactile illusions 6: Motion after-effects

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Tactile illusions 7: Parchment skin

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Physics

A bizarre universe may be lurking in the shadows

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East meets west: How the brain unites us all

The way we think may be shaped by the culture in which we grow up, but the similarities between groups are far greater than the differences, says Ed Yong

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Life

The selfless gene: Rethinking Dawkins’s doctrine

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Health

Japanese pioneer developed first general anaesthetic

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Earth

How to survive the coming century

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Physics

Rise of the robogeeks

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