A long soak in the tub can wreak havoc on your fingertips, transforming your smooth digits into wrinkly eyesores. But this rumply skin may actually serve a purpose, according to a new study. It helps ...

Long thought to be the effect of osmosis, scientists now think fingers wrinkle in the wet to give us better grip. Flickr/Theron LaBounty Human fingers go wrinkly in the bath to give us better grip in ...

Stick your fingers in water and your fingertips will soon start to wrinkle. There’s a common belief that this happens because the tips absorb water, but that can’t be right. Since the 1930s, we’ve ...

YOUR hands can tell you a lot about the state of your health. From what a weak handshake means for your ticker, to how the length of your fingers may indicate a cancer risk, they are able to reveal ...