Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

The inner ear is responsible for our sense of balance and the ability to stabilize our gaze, even when we are moving around. However, a new study in Nature Communications discovered this is not the ...

In the 1995 film Waterworld, severe climate change has caused global changes to the Earth’s surface, forcing humans to live on boats or floating cities and scrape out a living on the high seas. It ...

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The ear is a marvelous, humble organ. It powers our hearing and also our balance, keeping us upright and connected to the world around us. In return, ear doctors tend to ask that we follow one very ...

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“Sudden temperature shifts create pressure changes in the environment, which the ear works to balance through the Eustachian tube — a tunnel connecting the middle ear to the back of the nose,” ...

Airplane pressure changes can leave travelers of all ages clutching their ears. Chewing gum, sucking a mint, making a few exaggerated yawns—when a plane takes off or touches down, travelers often will ...