From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains ...

Puppies tussle in the annual Puppy Bowl. Kids start a game of tag in a schoolyard. Play has been observed and documented in many species — and not just in mammals. However, according to Dr. Michael ...

The life of a lab rat is not usually pleasant. They are shocked, drugged, sliced, starved and crippled in the name of furthering scientific understanding, but one group of German rats have had the ...

*Unless you're a jellyfish. In which case, I have a LOT of questions. 1.The human brain has shrunk over time. Today, the average human brain weighs just under three pounds. However, the brain appears ...

Admit it: You love being tickled. There’s something about that “pleasurable agony,” the strange combination of discomfort and pleasure that elicits such explosive fits of shrieks and laughter. And it ...

Science on TV is hotter than a lapful of drive-thru coffee. Don't be surprised if the next Williams-Sonoma catalog features Bunsen burners from Krups alongside the latest art-deco ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area can improve verbal short-term memory. Mayo Clinic researchers report their findings in Brain. The ...

Why can't you tickle yourself: Just imagine, you are sitting with your friend and suddenly he starts tickling you. You start laughing and running here and there to save yourself, but now tell me, what ...

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Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area can improve verbal short-term memory. Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area ...