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    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.

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    © Warner Bros. DiscoveryLength 13 min31 March 2021ScienceFactsEducationalCultureUSAEpisodic

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    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.

    Additional resources from Ian Shive:

    Watch “The Last Unknown” on discovery+ https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/the-last-unknownStart your 7-day free trial of discovery+ https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity“The Last Unknown” official trailer https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2847221158855153Ian Shive’s official website http://www.ianshive.com/Follow @ianshivephoto on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ianshivephoto/Follow @IanShivePhoto on Twitter https://twitter.com/IanShivePhotoScientists 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.phpMulhall, 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/s41467-021-21033-6NIHOD. (2018). Journey of Sound to the Brain [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEaiZ2j9ocSubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY

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