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Tickling, a seemingly involuntary reflex, evolved not for humor but for connection. It targets exposed areas, triggering laughter when the touch is recognized as safe, signaling non-danger and ...

In a grey-walled room in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, a strange activity is underfoot. Wearing a cap covered in sensors and positioning themselves into a chair, a person places their bare feet over two ...

You either love or hate being tickled (Picture: Getty Images) Most people either burst into fits of laughter or squirm with discomfort when tickled — for some though, the automatic response is arousal ...

We've dug up 10 classic Christmas cartoons that are blasts from the past. Some you may recognize, others might be "hidden gems" for you to discover. So slip into those Christmas pajamas and climb on ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A 19-year-old man was mauled to death after climbing into a lion enclosure Sunday morning in Brazil. Viral video captured the incident, showing the victim scaling a roughly 26-foot-tall fence to enter ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure in a Brazilian zoo was fatally attacked in front of horrified visitors. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a ...

A Brazilian teenager was mauled by a lioness in full view of zoo visitors on Sunday, after scaling a six-meter wall and safety fencing and shimmying down a tree into the enclosure, authorities said.

A man was killed by a lion after climbing a wall and entering its enclosure at a zoo in Brazil on Sunday, an incident that was captured in a video that has circulated on social media. The incident ...

A 19-year-old man has died after entering a lion’s den at a zoo in Brazil. In a statement on Instagram, the Arruda Câmara Zoobotanical Park said it “deeply regretted” that a visitor scaled the gates ...

A troubled teenager who dreamed of becoming a lion tamer was mauled to death in front of horrified zoo-goers after climbing a 20-foot fence to get into the big cats’ enclosure. Gerson de Melo Machado, ...