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Body Matters

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Body Matters

Is having a cry good for our health?

By Jason G Goldman

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Body Matters
What you know about sleep may be a myth
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why do hot and cold hurt us?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why scar tissue looks and feels weird
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why paper cuts hurt so much
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why do we get bags under our eyes?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why do we produce milk?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
What lives under your fingernails?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why do your fingers wrinkle in water?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
What is earwax for?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Can we sense magnetic fields?
By Jason G Goldman
Scratching may have helped our ancestors rid their bodies of annoying, irritating insects (Credit: iStock)
Body Matters
Why it feels good to scratch
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why do you get ‘eye floaters’?
By Jason G Goldman / Illustration by Adam Proctor
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Body Matters
Why do we get pins and needles?
By Jason G Goldman
Limit the amount of cold food touching the back end of your palate, and you lessen the chances of an ice cream headache, it seems... (Credit: Science Photo Library)
Body Matters
Why do you get ‘brain freeze’?
By Jason G Goldman
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Body Matters
Why does a funny bone hurt so much?
By Jason G Goldman
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