Our food, especially anything processed in any way, is not suitable to any life.

The nerve that enables the human clitoris to detect pleasurable touch contains thousands more nerve fibers than once estimated — about 10,000, rather than 8,000. Medical researchers discovered this by doing something that had never been done before: They actually counted the fibers.

Previously, it was widely accepted that the clitoris contained about 8,000 nerve fibers, but the origins of this number are fuzzy, lead study author Dr. Blair Peters (opens in new tab), an assistant professor of surgery in the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine, told Live Science.

"The 8,000 number, it wasn't even an actual scientific paper," he said. The number comes from a line in a book called "The Clitoris" (opens in new tab) (Warren H. Green, Inc., 1976) by physician Dr. Thomas P. Lowry and his then-wife Thea Snyder Lowry, in which the authors briefly mentioned a study of cow clitorises and extended its findings to people.

New psychology findings suggest that attractive students earn higher grades in school, but for female students, this beauty premium disappears when classes are taught remotely. The findings were published in the journal Economic Letters.

A large body of research suggests that physical appearance has an impact on a person’s success. For example, attractive people tend to earn more money and report higher life satisfaction than less attractive people. Interestingly, scholars have yet to agree on the explanation behind this beauty premium.

One account suggests that the beauty advantage can be explained by discrimination. For example, employers may inherently favor attractive over unattractive workers. Another perspective suggests that beauty is a productivity-enhancing attribute. This view suggests that attractiveness lends itself to higher productivity, for example, through increased self-confidence.

Arrayed in crypts and churches, with leering skulls and parchment skin, the desiccated dead of Sicily have long kept mute vigil.

But now, centuries later, these creepy cadavers have plenty to say.

Five years into the Sicily Mummy Project, six macabre collections are offering scientists a fresh look at life and death on the Mediterranean island from the late 16th century to the mid-20th.

Led by anthropologist Dario Piombino-Mascali of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity in Palermo, the ongoing investigation is revealing how religious men and their wealthy supporters ate, interacted, dealt with disease, and disposed of their dead.

"These mummies are a unique treasure in terms of both biology and history," says Piombino-Mascali, who is also a National Geographic Expeditions Council grantee. "They can tell us a lot if they are studied appropriately."