Scientists have found that sex is the leading factor explaining differences in hearing sensitivity, with women having ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

In the depths of your inner ear lies one of biology’s most intricate sound systems. A new discovery reveals that the cochlea — the spiral-shaped organ that turns sound into electrical signals — is ...

A vestigial trait is something that an organism has that once served a purpose that over time and the course of evolution has ceased to be useful. We see it in goosebumps, which were more effective ...

Learn about localized audio spots, dubbed "audible enclaves," which can be placed with pinpoint accuracy while remaining ...

By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a ...

Ears can vary, so what's considered normal anatomy of the inner or outer ear in one person may be different for another. For example, 19% to 54% of people have an attached earlobe, which is a genetic ...

Samsung could launch open-ear bone conduction earphones this year Open-ear earphones are quite different from classic in-ear earphones. The open-ear form factor is designed so that they don’t ...

Prior work suggested that during the mid-Middle Paleolithic (80,000 to 130,000 years ago), the southern Levant was home to at least three different groups of Homo: modern humans, Neanderthals and ...

Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming ... Having tested the whole spread of different quality gaming gear, including $51,000 headphones, he's best placed to say which budget cans ...

The design is flexible enough to adapt to fit different ear shapes. The audio quality is very enjoyable with much richer bass than expected. A problem with open earbuds can be sound leakage but ...

Although automatic 3D pose and shape reconstruction methods have achieved promising results, there are still some failure cases due to self-occlusions, viewpoint changes, and the complexity of human ...