Premature Brains and Touch

Researchers have found that a human fetus' sense of touch develops during the last stages of pregnancy, with the premature infant's brain able to distinguish between pain and touch only within the last two weeks before birth.

Humans Sense Earth's Magnetism

Researchers have found a protein in the human retina (cryptochrome 2, hCRY2) that allows Drosophilia to sense a magnetic field once implanted into the flies, raising the question and field of research of human sensory magnetoreception similar to migratory birds.

Sawfish Has Sixth Sense

New experiments suggest the long, tooth-lined snout of a sawfish can detect electric fields of passing prey, acting as an antenna for a "sixth sense" when visibility is limited in dark or murky waters.