Almost every bone in the body is connected to other bones. It meets them at joints, it is held by ligaments running bone to bone, and its position is fixed…
The common description is that a scab is blood that has dried, and that is close enough to be misleading. If you leave a drop of blood on a table…
The pupil is not a part. It is a hole, and the only reason it looks like a black disc is that almost nothing comes back out of it.
Light…
The usual assumption is that phantom sensations are an unusual complication affecting a minority. The figures run the other way. The great majority of people who lose a limb as…
The Experience Is Extraordinarily Consistent
Somebody wakes, knows exactly where they are, can see the room, and cannot move. Not weakness, not stiffness, but a complete absence of response, as…
Count the Bones
Hold a hand out and look at the creases. Each finger has three visible segments and therefore three bones beyond the knuckle. The thumb has two.
That…