Explore the fascinating world of the human body in this animated video! Learn about human body parts, their functions, and the impact of barotrauma when underwater. This educational video combines ...

The boundary between human and artificial voices is becoming increasingly blurred. While we thought we could easily distinguish a voice assistant from a real person, a recent study reveals that our ...

Sleeping better helps you think better, which helps you live better. Three experts explain why quality sleep is imperative to brain function, problem solving, communication, and more. Photo of Texas ...

A comparison close-up photo of an American Bully dog breed: one has the natural look, the other has the ears cropped. (Photo from iStock royalty-free images.) Ear cropping and tail docking are ...

Deafness represents a profound hearing loss affecting approximately half a million Americans, creating significant communication challenges. People experiencing deafness might hear absolutely nothing ...

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help of a biodegradable mold and bovine ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology that can non-invasively generate cross-sectional images of tissue. OCT is widely used in eye clinics to diagnose and manage retinal diseases ...

Ancient ear-wiggling muscles kick on when people strain to hear. That auricular activity, described January 30 in Frontiers in Neuroscience, probably doesn’t do much, if anything. But these small ...

Most humans have lost the ability to wiggle their ears, but that doesn’t mean their ear muscles have given up. New research suggests that, when we strain to hear in a noisy environment, these muscles ...

Wiggling your ears might be more of a pub party piece than a survival skill, but humans still try to prick up their ears when listening hard, researchers have found. Ear movement is crucial in many ...