M iles upon miles overhead, there is a field in the atmosphere that shields the Earth from space energies that could be ...

The content discusses the fundamentals of acoustics, focusing on sound refraction, the anatomy of the ear, and how sound ...

So-called Rayleigh–Bloch waves can release an enormous amount of ... previously unknown set of "modes" within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds ...

Baby Aaron Holloway was born with misshapen ears, with part of one turned inside out. But thanks to a mould costing just £30, his ears are growing into the right shape - without any discomfort or ...

Animals such as dogs and rabbits perk up or twitch their ears in response to sound. This movement focuses sound on the animal's eardrum, which is important for accurately identifying and ...

4:21 Beneath the waves, the ocean is ... Their delicate inner ear structures—called the utricle and saccule—are fine-tuned to detect specific sound signatures. These sensory organs are lined ...

On the Impulses of Compound Sound Waves and their Mechanical Transmission through the Ear. By Sir Thomas Wrightson, Bart. Pp. 40, and portfolio of diagrams. (London: Thomas Kell and Son ...

After years of testing and refinement, a pilot flying the aerospace company’s XB-1 scale prototype finally broke the sound barrier during a livestream event—not once, not twice, but three times.

When converted to audio, the chorus waves resembled the sound of birds chirping at dawn. Richard Horne, a space weather expert with the British Antarctic Survey, called the findings “a ...

The vestibular system is a network of organs in the inner ears that detects the motions ... “What we’ve learned is that sound should be included as part of both the assessment of balance ...

In remembrance of the 325th anniversary of the last time the Cascadia Subduction Zone lost its grip, on Jan. 26, 1700, wreaking havoc on the Oregon Coast, a wave-height rerun about the “Eight of ...