Curiosity Daily Podcast: Aleutian Island Secrets and Electrical Ear Activity
Award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and environmentalist Ian Shive gives the inside scoop on a research expedition to the Aleutian Islands. Then, learn how researchers solved a molecular mystery about how our ears turn sound into what you hear.
March 31, 2021
Episode Show Notes:
Additional resources from Ian Shive:
- Watch “The Last Unknown” on discovery+ https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/the-last-unknown
- Start your 7-day free trial of discovery+ https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity
- “The Last Unknown” official trailer https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2847221158855153
- Ian Shive’s official website http://www.ianshive.com/
- Follow @ianshivephoto on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ianshivephoto/
- Follow @IanShivePhoto on Twitter https://twitter.com/IanShivePhoto
Scientists discovered the ear mechanism that turns sound into electrical activity -- and protects our hearing by Grant Currin
- Hearing acrobatics. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/hms-ha020421.php
- Mulhall, E. M., Ward, A., Yang, D., Koussa, M. A., Corey, D. P., & Wong, W. P. (2021). Single-molecule force spectroscopy reveals the dynamic strength of the hair-cell tip-link connection. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-15. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21033-6
- NIHOD. (2018). Journey of Sound to the Brain [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEaiZ2j9oc
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