EAR'S some very good news for people suffering from an auditory deficiency - US army doctors have managed to grow an entire new ear under the skin of a soldier's right arm.
The procedure involved carving the new ear out of cartilage harvested from the ribs of 21-year-old Private Sahmika Burrage, who lost the original in a car crash in Texas two years ago.
No prosthetics were used to create the appendage (pictured) and it was later successfully transplanted onto the head of the soldier who recovered her hearing.
The reconstruction was one of the most complicated ear tranplantation procedures ever undertaken, and because it allowed for the formation of new blood vessels in the cartilage Burrage will also have feeling in the new sensory organ.
When it comes to fitness, creativity is a good thing.
But an American student has taken things to extremes this week after setting a new record in the sport of "joggling".
Zach Prescott from Boston University ran a mile in just 4 minutes 43.2 seconds - while simultaneously juggling three balls without dropping them.
If ratified by the Guinness World Records, it will beat the previous best time by 0.6 seconds.
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