Fish taste with their fins. Butterflies taste with their legs. Octopuses taste with everything. Cats can’t taste sugar. So, why do humans taste only with their tongues, when there are taste receptors all over the human body?
 
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March 21, 2022
 
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Why can't I taste with my feet?

Fish taste with their fins. Butterflies taste with their legs. Octopuses taste with everything. Cats can’t taste sugar. So, why do humans taste only with their tongues, when there are taste receptors all over the human body? Keep reading...

 
 
 
 
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At the speedway

Morgan Dumelow was trapped. After smashing into a concrete wall at 70 kilometres per hour, the steel bumper of her 1500-kilogram V6 stock car had bent like foil, wrapping around the vehicle almost as far back as the wheels. She was lying on her side up against the wall. Just another day on the track, she thought. Keep reading...

 
 
 
 
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Less is more

Nelson Tasman’s innovative zero carbon itinerary allows travellers to do good things while supporting good businesses. Keep reading...

 
 
 
 
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Champion divers

Black-browed albatrosses deeper and longer for kai than previously thought. The were believed to be shallow surface divers, but new data shows they can dive up to 19 metres and for as long as 52 seconds. Keep reading...