Scientists Kept an Inner Ear Alive Outside the Body—But Why?

Inside that cramped real estate of our inner ears live the cochlea, which turns vibrations into electrical signals, and the vestibular system, which keeps us constantly falling over. Two vital systems that are almost impossible to observe at work. That’s starting to change. Scientists at Rockefeller University have figured out how to remove a mammalian […] The post Scientists Kept an Inner Ear Alive Outside the Body—But Why? appeared first on VICE .