The auditory system is the sensory system for hearing. It consists of the outer ear (the auricle and auditory canal), the middle ear (the tympanic membrane, malleus, incus and stapes), the inner ear ...

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are ...

Research suggests that learning to play a musical instrument does far more than provide artistic satisfaction; it appears to ...

This study provides valuable data on the role of Hsd17b7, a gene involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, as a potential regulator of mechanosensory hair cell function. The authors used both zebrafish ...

Scientists have identified a rare condition in which people feel no pleasure from music, revealing a surprising disconnect between the brain’s auditory and reward systems.

Scientists have been working to understand how we sense the world around us. These findings will be presented at Neuroscience 2025, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s ...

Our solar system consists of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as countless asteroids and comets, that are gravitationally bound to the Sun.