Research First to Show Humans Have Remote Touch "seventh Sense" Like Sandpipers
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Researchers have discovered that humans possess a 'seventh sense' similar to sandpipers, allowing for remote touch perception, sparking discussion on the nature of this sense and its relation to existing sensory understanding.
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"Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium."