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How an 1800s French doctor's experiments with electrocuted faces revealed science of real smiles
Back in ye olden tymes of the 1800s, a French physician named Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne was shocking people's faces with ...
This Study Answers Why Astronauts On Deep-Space Missions Face Vision Issues
The researchers surveyed 13 space travellers who had spent more than five months on the International Space Station (ISS).
Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve
The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...
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A touchy subject: Why can't we keep our hands off our faces?
People touch their faces around 800 times a day. If you feel like you're touching your face more than usual, then your body could be telling you something.
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'Obsolete' muscle that wiggles ears actually activates while listening
A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...