Although humans' visual perception of the world appears complete, our eyes contain a visual blind spot where the optic nerve ...

We don’t experience the world through neat, separate senses—everything blends together. Smell, touch, sound, sight, and balance constantly influence one another, shaping how food tastes, objects feel, ...

Some of the traditional senses are combinations of several senses. Touch, for instance, involves pain, temperature, itch, and ...

A month ago, we wrote about the gap between perception and reality. January 2026 did not close that gap — it laid it bare.

The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson has prompted soul searching about women’s role in government, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

Higher states of consciousness are not hallucinations but authentic transformational experiences, mostly triggered by turmoil ...

All this might be legal, but at some point perception defines reality, and optics overwhelm everything.

This moment of revelation is common to many people who don’t form mental images. They report that they might never have ...

Research suggests that high neuroticism (compared to low) leads people to experience more negative and less positive feelings ...

Most voters call the Democratic Party weak, while most describe the GOP as extreme.

The demand for electricity can have a ripple effect that raises prices for everyone else. For example, if utilities build ...

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