Auditory system

Although far more convenient to carry around than a set of over-ear headphones, wireless earbuds can often become uncomfortable when crammed into your ears for hours. With its new OpenFit wireless earbuds, Shokz is promising all day comfort via an open-ear design that ensures you can also hear everything going on around you, even with your music cranked. They’rethe company’s first pair of wireless earbuds.Learning Sign Language for The Last of UsThe Shokz OpenFit are available starting today in either a beige or black…

No two ears are the same, and headphones that sound amazing to one user may completely disappoint another. That’s why it’s always important to try before you buy. But headphones or earbuds with customizable sound profiles allow you to tune your listening experience even after purchase. It’s an increasingly popular feature, so it makes sense that Nothing’s including it on its Ear (2) wireless earbuds.Although Nothing is a relatively young company, it’s finally old enough to sellan updated version of one of its existing…

Struggling to keep your wireless earbuds clean? You can buy cleaning kits for AirPods that come with purpose-built tools for getting rid of earwax, or you can deal with the problem at the source with a device that looks like an over-sized pair of headphones, but is actually a washing machine for your ears.Believe it or not, the wax in your ears is actually there for a good reason. Produced in the ear canal by glands that excrete an oil called cerumen, ear wax helps to trap dust, dirt, small objects, and even germs and…

Side and birds-eye views of the jumping skill of B. pernix.Gif: Richard L. Essner, Jr.Get out your smallest violin—or maybe your biggest—for the petite frogs whose miniature ear structures hinder their ability to hop, one of the defining characteristics of frogs.The frogs are of the genus Brachycephalus, a group of small amphibians in Brazil also known as pumpkin toadlets. They’re actually decent at jumping upward; it’s the coming down that’s disastrous. The pumpkin toadlets are simply unable to control their landings. A…