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When observed under a microscope, guard hairs from mice resemble optical sensors used in thermal cameras to detect heat, according to a new study.

Bridge spiders “outsource” their hearing by building webs that double as acoustic arrays, allowing them to perceive sounds from great distances.

Using optogenetics, scientists have simulated the sense of smell directly within the mouse brain to investigate the nature of olfactory perception.

The introduced cells engrafted in the nose, became olfactory sensory neurons, and sent axons to the animals’ brains.

In mice, seeing and smelling food causes immediate cellular changes that ready the liver to convert incoming amino acids to proteins.

A whole-genome analysis of people who experience color when they listen to sounds points to a handful of genes involved in neural development.

In the 1930s, parapsychologist Joseph Banks Rhine aimed to use scientific methods to confirm the existence of extrasensory perception, but faced criticisms of dubious analyses and irreproducible results.

Neurons in the lamprey spinal cord can sense pH and counteract changes from the body’s optimal range.

Drosophila antennae let the insects seek out moisture levels they like best.