ake a five-minute scroll through your Instagram feed, and you’re bound to find snapshots of women’s toes peeking out from their bathwater, selfies modeling their latest face mask purchase, or a mini-altar decked out with enchanted crystals, candles, and incense—each image stamped with the #selfcare hashtag that’s been used over 18 million times and counting.
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In the 1700s, an Italian physician figured out how to perform an eerie parlor trick. Luigi Galvani hung frog legs from a metal railing. Then, atmospheric electricity energized the severed limbs, causing them to dance and kick.
These Frankenstein-like experiments did more than captivate an audience. Eventually, they helped scientists understand how electrical impulses power human nerve...
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