Explore the human body and mind through biology, neuroscience and psychology, with clear boundaries around health and medical interpretation.
Recall reconstructs memory and can open it to updating. Learn what reconsolidation research shows, where the headline goes too far and why memory changes.
Sep 16, 2026 • 6 min readRead the discovery →New stories, explanations and research from The Human Body & Mind.
Taste buds maintain their sensory role while individual cells are replaced. Studies trace the progenitor cells and molecular connections that make this continuing renewal…
Sep 29, 2026 • 3 min read
The kidneys continually filter blood and adjust how much water and dissolved material returns to the body, helping keep internal conditions within workable ranges.
Sep 29, 2026 • 12 min read
Déjà vu is the striking feeling that a new situation has been experienced before even while a person recognises that the familiarity is misplaced.…
Sep 29, 2026 • 14 min read
Bone is living tissue that continually removes small areas of old material and replaces them with new tissue through coordinated cellular activity influenced by…
Sep 26, 2026 • 12 min read
Odour molecules activate combinations of receptors in the nose, creating patterns that the olfactory bulb and connected brain regions interpret in the context of…
Sep 26, 2026 • 12 min read
A sudden breathing-muscle contraction followed by closure of the voice box produces the familiar hic. Most episodes are brief; persistent hiccups deserve medical attention.
Sep 26, 2026 • 3 min read
Scientists can describe when dreams occur and which brain systems are active, but there is no single proven reason that humans dream. Dreams occur…
Sep 25, 2026 • 14 min read
Fluid-filled canals and gravity-sensing organs in the inner ear detect head movement, while the brain combines those signals with vision and body sensation to…
Sep 24, 2026 • 12 min read
After many infections or vaccinations, selected B and T cells persist or leave long-lived descendants that can respond more rapidly when they encounter familiar…
Sep 24, 2026 • 12 min read
Expectations can shape the speed and processing of sensory information. Experiments test these effects without showing that the brain literally sees the future.
Sep 23, 2026 • 3 min read
Genes guide the broad design, while growth, pressure and microscopic developmental differences produce ridge patterns that are highly individual.
Sep 18, 2026 • 13 min read
Even with your eyes closed, a distributed sensory system continually estimates the position, movement and effort of your limbs.
Sep 14, 2026 • 8 min read
Sleep is not the brain switching off. Neural rhythms, memory processing, emotional regulation and fluid movement change across a repeating architecture of stages.
Sep 14, 2026 • 4 min readOne remarkable idea at a time—nature, science, history and beyond.
