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Students can learn with their mouths as well as with their eyes and hands
The finding is a win for education accessibility for blind and low-vision students
Domestic cats fall for the same visual illusions as we do
Our feline friends are just as likely to sit inside of a fake square as a real one
Fatigue is an understudied consequence of hearing loss
Over 30 percent of people over age 65 experience hearing loss
'Symbiosis/Dysbiosis' VR art installation will let you see, feel, hear the invisible
Tosca Terán and Sara Lisa Vogl speak with Massive about stimulating senses in their art
The mother's gut microbiome helps a child's brain develop its senses
Without the maternal microbiome, a mouse's thalamus under-develops, resulting in reduced sensory processing
Why don't banana-flavored candies taste like bananas?
They do, they just taste like your great-grandfather's banana (or a pear, depending on who you ask)
What makes something smell good or bad?
The science of stink
Surgeons can feel a robot’s hands performing surgeries for them
Scientists at Texas A&M developed a system using electrical pulses to help surgeons using the hands feel what they are doing
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When you smell the roses, do they smell you back?
Scientists have found that plants like Canada goldenrod deploy defenses against insects on scent
How theater, startup culture, and business history helped us become better neuroscientists
The sciences would benefit enormously from applying lessons from art and business
How does the developing brain learn to perceive the world before it can see it?
Our eyes work when we're born, even though they've never been exposed to light
How shaving mice led to an accidental discovery about our sense of touch
We're gonna need more shaving cream
Five facts about Linda Buck, olfactory pioneer
The Nobel Prize-winning biologist revolutionized how we think about our noses
This tiny fly is teaching the Air Force new aerial tactics
The robber fly's novel hunting tactics and visual processing capabilities could be applied to drones and airplanes