I was inspired by a sermon preached last week by our pastor. He talked about the five senses. He finally ended on the sense of touch being different than all the rest of the senses because it is not ...

When he’s curled up inside the womb, your baby doesn’t have much exploring to do. But even in this protected world, a fetus is actively developing a sense of touch.

On most mornings, Jeremy D. Brown eats an avocado. But first, he gives it a little squeeze. A ripe avocado will yield to that pressure, but not too much. Brown also gauges the fruit’s weight in his ...

Even before we are born and begin experiencing the sensations of daily life — a soft shirt on our arms, for example, or a hard tabletop under our fingertips — humans begin to form the senses needed to ...

There are already a number of experimental prosthetic hands that provide users with the tactile sensation of touching an object. The MiniTouch system takes things further, as it allows users to sense ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Maddy has a ...

When someone injures a nerve in a body part such as a finger, it's not uncommon for that part to end up with a permanently decreased sense of touch. A self-powered implantable sensor, however, could ...

Today's Nobel Prize is in "Physiology or Medicine," which often means "biology" these days. And 2021 is no exception, as two researchers have won for their discoveries of how humans detect their ...

A demonstration of GelSight’s ability to detect texture. Robots have become increasingly advanced over the past decade, and are found everywhere from warehouses to surgery theaters. But if robots are ...

Creativity coach Molly Ovenden is encouraging us to get in touch with our senses this Summer. “We’re excited that the sun is actually shining, and there’s green grass. We’re engaging some of our ...