14 results for “senses”
The Human Body
The Senses
senses. Light, sound waves, molecules drifting in the air, pressure on the skin: none of these
Article · 4 min read
Matter, Energy & Physics
Sound
senses starts to make sense. Vibrations and waves Every sound starts with something vibrating: a guitar
Article · 3 min read
The Human Body
Skin, Hair and Nails
senses touch, controls your temperature and makes vitamin D. Hair and nails grow from it. Your
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Animals
Animal Migration
sense the Earth's magnetic field, apparently through specialised molecules in the eye or iron-containing
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Animals
Sharks
Senses Sharks hunt with a battery of senses finer than ours. Their smell is legendary, able
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Animals
Whales and Dolphins
sense. They produce rapid clicks and listen to the echoes, building a picture of their surroundings
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Animals
Birds
Senses Birds see better than we do. Their eyes are large, an eagle's about the size
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Light
sense for a wave and perfect sense if light arrives in individual lumps, photons, each carrying
Article · 4 min read
The Human Body
The Skeleton and Bones
sense strain and direct the other two. This constant demolition and rebuilding, called remodelling, replaces about
Article · 5 min read
Life & Biology
Dinosaurs and Mass Extinctions
sense dinosaurs never went extinct. A pigeon on a windowsill is a living one. The day the Cretaceous
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Animals
The Octopus
sense light. The mimic octopus of Indonesia goes further, shaping and colouring itself to impersonate lionfish
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Animals
Mammals
sense of smell, and warm blood date from that long apprenticeship. When the asteroid struck 66 million
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Life & Biology
Evolution
sense. It explains why there are so many species and why they are so clearly related
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Plants & Fungi
Flowers and Pollination
sense of smell, so hummingbird flowers are red, scentless, tubular and hang downward, out of reach
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