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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.
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 hiccup is an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm and other breathing muscles followed almost immediately by closure of the glottis, producing the “hic”…
Sep 26, 2026 • 13 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
The brain combines incoming sensory evidence with expectations formed from context and experience, helping perception remain fast while sometimes producing illusions.
Sep 23, 2026 • 13 min read
After some infections or vaccinations, long-lived B and T cells respond more quickly when they encounter familiar molecular features again.
Sep 23, 2026 • 12 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.
