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 the secrets of their origins.

Humans perceive very low-frequency sounds through a unique electrical mechanism in the inner ear, rather than the mechanical ...

The inner ear is a marvel of evolution, but scientists are still puzzled over certain aspects of its operation. Two related studies detail how scientists successfully excised a sliver of an inner ear ...

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, ...

“We see in our specialty patients who have ear deformities, called microtia, which can be reconstructed, but it's a technically challenging operation that I think very few people in the world do well, ...