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Making sense of senses lost

In rapid succession, Steve Barker suddenly lost sight and hearing on his left side. The effect on how he perceives the world has been profound.

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Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life

Until now, eternal life was the stuff of fiction, or in the unknowable realms of religion. But an artificial intelligence that ‘remembers’ the whole of an individual’s experience could be the way to life after death.

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My important, ridiculous nose

The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.

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How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms

Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?

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  • Organs of sense: fifteen figures including dissections of the tongue, ear, eye, brain and spine. Line engraving by J. Taylor after F. Birnie, 1789.
  • A woman sitting at an organ; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving, 16--.
  • A woman playing the barrel-organ; representing the sense of hearing. Mezzotint by A.H.J. Degmair after P.A. Wille.
  • Organs of sensation: eight figures of the ear and eye. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Traité des sens / par Mr. Le Cat.
  • Tongue, including taste bud - coloured
  • Bottom surface of a human tongue
  • Human tongue
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