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Sex can be a wonderful experience at times and it can prompt some huge emotions when it’s over but millions of people are having the same reaction. Whether you’re connecting deeply and emotionally with a long-time partner, or you and your spouse have just welcomed a new couple into your bed on a swinging show live on television, sex can …

You don’t have to look far to find reports of people who have used VR headsets and then felt ‘off’ after removing them. While motion sickness is surely the most well-known post-VR symptom, a subset of people say they have experienced feelings of being ‘stuck in VR’ after taking off their headsets. It’s tempting to brush off such reports as …

Rapid warming in the Arctic is melting glaciers and sea ice, driving sea-level rise and disrupting human and animal habitats at a pace challenging adaptation. What’s happening? The Arctic is heating up faster than any other region on Earth, with average temperatures rising at nearly four times the global average. This accelerated heating is reshaping the region and sending ripple …

A medical phenomenon known as Cuomo’s Paradox is challenging conventional wisdom about disease and survival. Named for the biomedical scientist Raphael E Cuomo, it describes the counterintuitive finding where a factor, such as alcohol consumption, high cholesterol, or obesity, which increases someone’s risk of getting a deadly disease, may actually be associated with better survival after someone is diagnosed. Obesity, …

A recent report by BBC reveals that Australia’s treasured coral reefs are suffering from unprecedented damage due to a marine heatwave, exacerbating the effects of climate change. Known for its extraordinary biodiversity, Ningaloo Reef, situated on Australia’s north-western coast, has been particularly affected by this phenomenon, marking an alarming milestone in the ongoing battle to preserve global marine ecosystems. This …

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists were taken aback by a peculiar event that unfolded on Greenland’s ice sheet in 2014, now revealed by recent research. A study, published by Nature Geoscience, documents the unexpected eruption of meltwater from a subglacial lake, which pierced through the ice sheet in an extraordinary manner. The findings have left researchers perplexed, as this development …

Facebook Tweet Email Link “Love Island USA” has become an obsession for viewers, with one couple in particular capturing hearts. It’s been quite the summer for Olandria Carthen, 27, and Nic Vansteenberghe, 24, a couple who met on the show and have been dubbed “Nicolandria.” Not only are they objectively (and ridiculously) attractive, the pair have sparked cultural conversations about …

The ice was supposed to be solid. That’s what the scientist expected, anyway. Instead, they stepped into water — standing meltwater, in February, in the Arctic. That’s not a weird fluke. That’s the new normal in Svalbard, and it’s happening faster than most of us realize. If that sounds far off, it’s not. Because what happens in the Arctic doesn’t …

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Lake Iro, Chad [10.10150087, 19.41766527] What’s in the photo? Sunlight reflecting off the lake and the surrounding river Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS) When was it taken? Dec. 21, 2024 This stunning astronaut photo shows a rare phenomenon, known as a “sunglint”, transforming a potential meteor …

Noticing somebody fidgeting can be distracting. Vexing. Even excruciating. But why? According to a study published in 2021, the stressful sensations caused by seeing others fidget are an incredibly common psychological phenomenon, affecting as many as one in three people. Called misokinesia – meaning ‘hatred of movements’ – this strange phenomenon had been little studied by scientists until recent years, …