Anyone who has ever been tickled for longer than a few seconds knows that it can be real torture – our body compels us to laugh as a reflex. However, anyone who tries to tickle themselves will invariably fail. Why is that?
New Stories
Many people are afraid of ticks because they can carry dangerous diseases. But just how dangerous are they? When is a vaccination recommended?
Just ten minutes of acute oxygen deficiency can cause irreparable damage to our brain. If it lasts longer, we become unconscious and fall into a coma.
Roses are red, violets are blue – the world in all its beauty appears colorful and bright. But a closer look reveals a different picture: In reality, the world is not as colorful as we see it.
What happens in my body during withdrawal? How long does it take my head to get clean? Is there a vaccination against drugs? Toxicologists, psychologists and doctors explain why our brain poisons itself and what the consequences are when we go to war against addiction.
Poisonings are among the greatest dangers our organism can be exposed to. Different toxins affect different parts of the body and often the dosage determines life or death.
Music brings people together, makes us dance, sing, and sometimes even cry. This effect has been scientifically proven.
What made Einstein’s brain different from other people’s? And why was the world’s most ingenious thinking organ stored in a mayonnaise jar?
Almost everyone has encountered déjà vu – the sudden feeling of having experienced a similar situation before. But where does it come from?
In many ways, people with Alzheimer’s seem to behave like children. But it is not by choice. Because of the disease, they no longer know what they are doing – and they suffer greatly as a result. The psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer first made the link between changes in the brain and the gradual loss of memory.
