Scientists discover use for muscles long thought to have no purpose in humans
To test the functioning of the muscles, researchers recruited 20 people without hearing problems. They used electromyograph, ...
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Unlocking the (Super) Human Potential of Artificial Muscle
Researchers have made strides creating strong, long-lasting imitation muscle as science fiction slowly evolves into fact.
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Humans Lost the Ability to Wiggle Their Ears 25 Million Years Ago, but Your Ear Muscles Still Try
You won’t notice it, but when you listen hard enough, your ears — or at least the muscles around them — spring into action.
MASTER CLASS: Put your back into it with postural muscle exercises
Each muscle in the human body serves a unique purpose. Some are designed for power, while others provide stability and ...
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'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear
A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.
See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago
More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...
Heart failure can be FIXED using stem cell patches which regenerate the muscle, tests show
STEM cell patches can fix heart failure by regenerating the muscle, tests show. The treatment was found to increase the ...