Humans can detect buried objects without touching them, sensing faint pressure ripples in sand. This seventh sense is called ...

When an object spins, its center of mass and angular momentum enter a tug-of-war that can lead to impossible motion. From ...

Human observers have a remarkable capacity to categorize complex visual scenes, such as 'kitchen' or 'beach', at a single glance 1,2. Behavioral data and computational models suggest that analysis of ...

A new study shows that humans possess a form of “remote touch,” allowing them to detect hidden objects in sand before making ...

The so-called "sixth sense" has long been debated, but now scientists have proposed another sense that could be considered a ...

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs; sometimes referred to as A/B tests) are considered the gold standard for evidence in science and medicine. If you took anything away from your Research Methods 101 ...

We're still getting used to the immersive magic virtual reality offers, but a new experiment from Disney Research pushes the technology into another realm: interaction with real objects while in VR. A ...