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Earwax: Coming To a Home Air Filtration System Near You?
A clogged ear on a scuba trip led a Georgia Institute of Technology engineer to study the dust-filtering properties of the waxy substance
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Hear This, 2017: Scientists Are Creating New Ears With 3D-Printing and Human Stem Cells
Two decades after the “earmouse,” researchers have mastered a powerful technique for growing ears from fat-derived stem cells
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How Bats Ping On the Wing—And Look Cute Doing It
Researchers reveal how bats turn echolocation signals into a 3-D image of moving prey
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Ask Smithsonian: What’s the Point of Earwax?
Earwax has a job to do; but many are not hearing the message
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Scientists Printed a Human Ear
The scientific breakthrough is more than a creepy experiment—one day, it could save lives
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Deaf People Could Soon Hear… Through Their Tongues
Prototype retainer could be a more cost-effective alternative to cochlear implants
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Using a series of acoustic filters, DUBS lower the intensity of sounds without muddying them
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