Menthol activates TRPM8 receptors on nerve endings in your mouth, which are the same receptors responsible for sensing cold.

Cliff diving isn’t a typical activity for a person who’s afraid of heights. But Mike, a 20-year-old intern living in Atlanta, skydives and cliff-dives as often as he can. Sophie cycles, climbs, runs, ...

Sensation-seeking, also called thrill-seeking or excitement-seeking, is the tendency to pursue new and different sensations, feelings, and experiences. The trait describes people who chase novel, ...

You're going about your day when, all of a sudden, you feel a strange, hard-to-describe sensation in your head-like an electrical bolt that seems to come out of nowhere. If you've never experienced it ...

A burning sensation can affect almost any part of the body, but is common on the skin. A person may experience pins and needles, heat, or a sharp, prickly pain as part of a burning sensation. The ...

In order to understand how sound is felt by the body, we have to examine how the body feels anything to begin with. The human sensory system is commonly thought of as a set of five senses: touch, ...

Twenty-five years ago saw the opening of the exhibition Sensation, where Charles Saatchi showed his private collection of Young British Artists (YBAs), at London's Royal Academy of Arts. Here we delve ...

Do you often feel conflicted about wanting to do something new, yet stay in your routine? Take up a challenge, yet stay rested? Have some excitement, but nothing scary? Many people have now heard ...

A burning sensation in the feet is a common clinical symptom of several conditions affecting people of all ages. It can be short-term or long-term and often comes with redness, swelling, and increased ...

A burning sensation in the lower abdomen may stem from a urological, digestive, gynecological, or reproductive problem, such as kidney stones, a ruptured cyst, or endometriosis. Causes of a burning ...

Frank Zappa was an unruly figure of 1960s rock, a free-speech advocate and devout parodist defined by his opposition to authority. His albums assembled the bones of rock and roll into an idiosyncratic ...