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Listening to the song of the toadfish (w/Audio)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Roger Bland is listening in on one of the noisier creatures in San Francisco Bay, using physics to analyze the mating song of the toadfish. While fish don't have vocal chords, they ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Researchers closer to understanding the evolution of sound production in fish

An international team of researchers studying sound production in perch-like fishes has discovered a link between two unrelated lineages of fishes, taking researchers a step closer to understanding the evolution of one of ...

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Will we hear the light? Surprising discovery that infrared can activate heart and ear cells

University of Utah scientists used invisible infrared light to make rat heart cells contract and toadfish inner-ear cells send signals to the brain. The discovery someday might improve cochlear implants for ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Built-in amps: How subtle head motions, quiet sounds are reported to the brain

Subtle head motions are amplified by inner-ear hair cells before the signal is reported to the brain, report Marine Biological Laboratory scientists and colleagues. In both the auditory and the vestibular systems, hair cell ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA Studies Nanomechanics of Inner Ear

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning how to walk again after long-duration space flights is a problem astronauts face as they readjust to Earth's gravity. To learn how microgravity affects human space travelers, NASA scientists studied ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When Fish Talk, Scientists Listen

(PhysOrg.com) -- A male midshipman, a close relative of the toadfish, doesn't need good looks to attract a mate – just a nice voice. After building a nest for his potential partner, he calls to nearby females ...

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created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New fish has a face even Dale Chihuly could love

A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington fish ...

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created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 3


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