Scientists Thought This Ear Muscle Was Useless – New Research Shows It Still Works!
The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...
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PM Modi Is Right! AI Apps Can't Draw A Person Writing With Left Hand — We Checked ChatGPT, Grok, Meta, DeepSeek, More
PM Modi, who is co-chairing the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, began his address with an ...
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Wiggling ears may have once helped us hear
An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...
Mysterious fossil resembling human ear found in park in Arizona. ‘Any ideas what it is?’
The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...
Our Ears Still Try to Swivel Around to Hear Better, Study Discovers
It's not for lack of trying. Researchers from Saarland University in Germany, hearing-aid manufacturer WS Audiology, and the ...
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Human ears move while listening, recent study says. It's due to 'neural fossil'
Human ears try to move while listening to a sound, a recent study by Saarland University in Germany has revealed. Movement of ears is a common trait in animals, which not only help them focus on a ...
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What Is a Preauricular Pit?
A preauricular pit is a small hole in front of your ear that you are born with. Most of the time it is harmless and doesn’t cause any health problems. A preauricular pit is a small hole or cyst ...
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Human ear muscle moves when listening hard: Study
Andreas Schroer, the lead researcher from Saarland University in Germany, explained that it's thought our ancestors lost the ability to move their ears around 25 million years ago. However, it's hard ...
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'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear
The muscles that enable modern humans to wiggle their ears likely had a more important job in our evolutionary ancestors. . | Credit: Khmelyuk/Getty Images The little muscles that enable people to ...
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Ancient Ear Muscles Reactivate When We Struggle to Listen
Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds ... Twenty participants were recruited. EMG signals from the left and right superior and posterior auricular ...
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What’s Causing My Muffled Hearing and Clogged Ears, and How Do I Treat It?
Muffled hearing can sound and feel like cotton balls in your ear. Understanding what is causing this change to your hearing can help you take appropriate action. Muffled hearing occurs when sound ...
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What is ear cancer?
Inner ear cancer is also rare, the causes are not yet fully known. Some doctors think that the human papilloma virus (HPV) may be responsible for some middle ear cancers. Another risk factor is the ...