The human middle ear—which houses three tiny, vibrating bones—is key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear, where they become nerve impulses that allow us to hear. Embryonic and fossil ...

The first warm-blooded animals appeared abruptly 233 million years ago, according to clues hidden deep inside their ears. Before now, scientists estimated that warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, ...

Scientists from Tel Aviv University and Boston Children's Hospital use a optimized virus to deliver a corrected gene into the patient’s cells, improving auditory and sensory loss ...