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Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears

Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University ...


Chinese and American paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...


Wind power may have its own environmental problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 05, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (14) | comments 12

Wind power generation is expected to be a clean and environmentally friendly natural energy source, but a new kind of environmental problem has surfaced as infrasonic waves caused by windmills are suspected of causing health ...


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New research demonstrates humans' right ear preference for listening

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

We humans prefer to be addressed in our right ear and are more likely to perform a task when we receive the request in our right ear rather than our left. In a series of three studies, looking at ear preference ...


Pair of Bionic Ears Helps to Distinguish Left from Right

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can a pair of bionic ears benefit a hearing-impaired child? Cynthia Zettler, a postdoctoral fellow in Ruth Litovsky's laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thinks so.


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When it comes to elephant love calls, the answer lies in a bone-shaking triangle

Biology /

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a love-besotted soul has declared they would move the world for their true love, but how many actually accomplish that task in their quest to unite with a lover?


Study examines function of prosthetic ears in improving hearing, speech recognition

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prosthetic ears appear to improve hearing and speech recognition in noisy environments, according to a report in the September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.


MRI reveals inner ear anomalies in children with hearing loss

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physicians can identify soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of ...