{"id":1480,"date":"2025-02-19T12:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/?post_type=books&#038;p=1480"},"modified":"2025-03-11T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:58:52","slug":"mysteries-of-the-human-body","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/books\/mysteries-of-the-human-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries of the Human Body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A human body book with a twist<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>discover the science behind the weird and unusual stuff our bodies can do from Dr Azmain Chowdhury, with illustrations from Daniel Nelson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know your heart is always beating, your intestines digest your food, and even that your brain is still awake when you\u2019re asleep \u2013 that\u2019s no mystery. But why do we get \u201cbrain freeze\u201d if we eat ice cream too quickly? And why on earth do we get butterflies in our stomach when we\u2019re nervous? And is it true we can squirt milk from our eyes?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book focuses on the bizarre things all of our bodies do \u2013 including things we don\u2019t understand (looking at you, appendix). Dr Azmain also asks the burning medical questions we\u2019ve all been wondering about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why does coriander taste like soap to some people?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How long can we stay awake for?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can our hearts actually break after a romantic break-up? (Asking for a friend).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Filled with gross, surprising, and downright terrifying facts, it\u2019s bloated with cool science to impress your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the science behind the weird and unusual stuff our bodies can do.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1494,"template":"","book-categories":[],"class_list":["post-1480","books","type-books","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books\/1480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/books"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"book-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsquidbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-categories?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}