The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, a common garden pest, can actually detect airborne sound via microscopic hairs on its body, according to a team of faculty and graduate students at Binghamton ...
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Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it could inspire next generation microphones. To understand hearing in the ...