Studies show that holding hands can reduce pain and buffer stressful experiences. But its impact on brain activity suggests something more profound is going on. Q: I’m curious why humans hold ...

As psychotherapist Belynder Walia explains, hand holding is something humans have done for centuries. And it's a practice that's been subject to much research looking into why we have this impulse ...

For years, I'd heard that the human brain weighs just around 1.3 kg. But the thing I was holding was much heavier than that. It turns out that the human brain is very fragile.

"The goal from the beginning has been to create a prosthetic hand that we model based on the human hand's physical and sensing capabilities—a more natural prosthetic that functions and feels like a ...

Human hands by comparison use the networks of touch receptors on our fingers and palms in order to sense where something is, determine just how hard we need to grip it to pick it up and sense if ...

Human Hands Hold the Fate of These Fragile Birds. A Dutch shelter rehabilitates birds that have fallen victim to the hazards of urban living. By Becky Harlan. Photographs by Anjés Gesink.

Holding an egg in his palm, this man experiences a once-in-a-lifetime moment as a baby snake hatches right in his hand. The tiny reptile slowly emerges, taking its first breath and revealing the ...

Cannibal Turned Himself Into Police Holding a Human Hand and Foot: 'I Am Tired of Eating Human Body Parts' Published Nov 14, 2018 at 2:25 PM EST Updated Dec 13, 2018 at 10:11 AM EST.

Using light-conductive materials, researchers have built a robot hand that can sense shapes and textures. Soft robotics holds promise for better prosthetics or machines with a more "human" touch.

A GROTESQUE prediction of how the human hand could evolve to more efficiently operate a smartphone has been devised with help from new research. By Harvey Gavin 00:00, Thu, Sep 28, 2017 | UPDATED ...

These images show the oldest human hand bone ever found. It was discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and is believed to be more than 1.84 million years old. M. Domínguez-Rodrigo ...