Kissing is one of the most intimate human behaviours, yet its origins remain surprisingly mysterious. When we talk about kissing, we usually mean lip-to-lip contact, which involves suction and pressur

w hether or not we have free will is a question philosophers have been debating for millennia. In the early 1980s, there was a brief moment when it appeared the debate may finally have been settled. T

On entering a room containing a piano, what pianist doesn’t turn white at the command, ‘You can play – let’s hear you!’ You thought you were visiting friends, not giving a performance, so of course yo

Picture the scene: you’re about to get up on stage to give a presentation or performance. Something feels off – you look down, and realise your shirt is missing; in fact, you have no clothes on at all

We all know that conversation. The one you ...

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