Have you ever wondered why human ears are built the way they are, and how they came to be? Science has yet to fully uncover ...

Lizards, zebrafish, salamanders and tritons can regrow a tail, a fin, or even an entire limb after amputation. Cut a planarian into pieces, and you will end up with a bunch of them. Researchers at the ...

When they put human ear enhancers into zebrafish, those enhancers became active in the fish’s gills. Then they did the opposite, using fish gill enhancers in mice, and those enhancers turned on ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments.

But they all share one helpful anatomical feature: external ears. Scientists have long wondered about the evolutionary origins of outer ears, which are unique to mammals.

Strikingly, the human ear cartilage enhancers only drove the activity of green fluorescent protein in the zebrafish gills, suggesting that whatever is controlling gene expression is very similar ...

It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear ...

Discover the fascinating evolutionary story behind the human outer ear, which evolved from fish gills. Learn how nature repurposes genetic blueprints.

In the zebrafish inner ear, a cell type known as supporting cells (magenta) gives rise to new sensory hearing cells (blue). The study reveals a set of DNA control elements critical for supporting ...

Paul Simon has been dealing with steadily declining hearing in his left year since 2023 while working on the album Seven Psalms.

Hearing loss is usually irreversible, but Simon is currently working with Stanford scientists in Palo Alto, trying to repair it. Some of those scientists are also studying zebrafish, which ...

Paul Simon discussed his hearing loss and visited scientists at Stanford studying mice and zebrafish for possible cures on 'CBS Mornings.' ...