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Why does time fly or drag? How emotions warp our temporal perceptions

Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to the mental states induced by our physiological responses to the world

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Humans

The female body is misunderstood and this is why, says Rachel E. Gross

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Health

Fascia: The long-overlooked tissue that shapes your health

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Health

Interoception: This ‘sixth sense’ could be key to better mental health

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ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 31 : A worker uses a metal cutter on a rail on Ankaray subway line during night shift in Ankara, Turkey on March 31, 2018. Long rapid transit line of the Ankara Metro system has been operating for 23 years. Ankaray operates approximately 180 runs on daily basis, with 11 cars. Length of the transit line reaches about 9 kilometers. Night shift workers compete against time while cutting old rails and replacing them with the new ones until the first run in the morning. (Photo by Mustafa Kamaci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Health

Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut diabetes risk

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A top (dorsal) view of a day 16-19 human embryo

Health

Donated embryo offers rare glimpse of development after implantation

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photographic memory

Earth

Did you know? Fewer than 100 people have a photographic memory

Regulars
alcohol

Alcohol
Why do we yawn?

Why do we yawn?

Humans

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

When you miss a step on the stairs and your foot drops further than expected, muscles that usually contract at opposing times work together to help keep you balanced

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Humans

Why it’s the aliens living inside you that create your sense of you

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Humans

Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

Culture

Health

Bad balance: why dangerous falls are on the rise around the world

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Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

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