Category: Anatomy, Morphology, Biomechanics
17 June 2013
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Video: Cat Robot Stands and Runs, On Its Own Four Legs
Feline machine navigates steps without a brain
12 June 2013
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Cheetah Agility More Important Than Speed
Sophisticated radio collars capture big cats on the hunt
21 May 2013
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ScienceShot: The Secret of a Viper's Velvet Black Camouflage
Unique nanostructures allow the predator to fade into the shadows
7 May 2013
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ScienceShot: Your Tongue, Inside Out
New 3D computer model reveals inner workings of our wriggly organ
6 May 2013
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Video: Holy Papillae, Batman!
As bat's tongue stretches out, bristles stiffen to rake in nectar
24 April 2013
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ScienceShot: Hard Food Better for Your Teeth
Soft diets of today have led to dental problems
23 April 2013
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Video: Meet FlipperBot, the Robotic Sea Turtle
Machine helps explain how baby turtles navigate beach sand
9 April 2013
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ScienceShot: Are Home Runs All in the Cheekbones?
Baseball players with wider faces more likely to knock one out of the park
8 April 2013
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The Final Word on Penis Size?
Study shows that a larger member makes men more attractive to women, but that other factors are also at play
3 April 2013
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ScienceShot: Forget Fingerprints, Now There's 'Breathprints'
Machine can identify individuals by their exhalations
26 March 2013
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Video: Flexible Wings Give Bumblebees a Lift
A bit of glue and glitter reveals how insects carry more weight during flight
21 March 2013
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Video: Robots on the Beach
Researchers develop models for how machines run across sand, pebbles, and other granular materials
14 March 2013
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Looking a Trilobite in the Eye
X-ray scans reveal hidden structures in ancient eyeballs
13 March 2013
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Video: Why Don't Jumping Bugs Break Their Legs?
Leafhopper legs could hold secrets to better robots
13 March 2013
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How Does Your Skeleton Grow?
Desert rodent provides clues to how bones reach their correct length
8 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Growing New Teeth, With a Little Help From Mice
Researchers create replacement adult teeth by implanting human gum tissue into mouse kidneys
4 March 2013
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Video: Giant Bubbles Protect Fish From Scoliosis
Mysterious structures in spine could shed light on human back problems
12 February 2013
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ScienceShot: Sea Slug Sports Detachable Penis
Snail sloughs off its member after sex—and grows a new one
12 February 2013
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Appendix Evolved More Than 30 Times
Study supports suggestion that structure has an important function
29 January 2013
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Are We Built to Be Lazy?
Study attempts to figure out why we walk the way we do
8 January 2013
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Wrinkles Help Fingers Get a Grip
A long soak in the tub may help you better grasp underwater objects
8 January 2013
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Aerial Acrobats: Pigeons Whoosh Through Tight Space
Studies of birds on the wing pave the way for autonomous aerial robots
7 January 2013
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Mars Mission Could Turn Astronauts Into Couch Potatoes
Crew members aboard 520-day simulation became sluggish from isolation
20 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Curves Are Tough on the Bones
Dinosaur bones may have been weaker than we thought
25 October 2012
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Using Gut Bacteria to Fight Diarrhea
Mice show way to treatment for chronic infection
16 October 2012
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Video: Tricks of the Hummingbird's Tongue
Drinking mechanism depends on shape of flower
24 September 2012
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Korean Eunuchs Outlived Uncastrated Peers
Study of 16th to 19th century eunuchs suggests testosterone may shorten men's lives
18 September 2012
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ScienceShot: Deep-Diving Sea Lions Squeeze the Air Out
Lung collapse is the secret to mammal's descent
27 August 2012
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What Time Is It on Your Circadian Clock?
Researchers find an easier way to determine our internal body time
22 August 2012
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Do Antibiotics Make Us Fat?
Studies suggesting a link between antibiotic use and obesity gain are greeted with skepticism
13 August 2012
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Why Do Women Get More Migraines?
Brain differences may explain disparity between the sexes
8 August 2012
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What Gets Geckos Unglued
Study reveals way to overcome lizard’s stickiness
2 August 2012
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ScienceShot: Human Teeth as Hard as Shark Teeth
Though composed of different materials, the chompers of both species are equally tough
31 July 2012
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ScienceShot: The Unbalanced Sloth
Slow-moving tree creatures apparently don't have a fine-tuned sense of balance
23 July 2012
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Don Catlin's ScienceLive Responses
Expert antidoping scientist answers your questions on performance-enhancing drugs and the London Olympics
10 July 2012
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Bad News for Big Brains
Unusual experiment reveals that big brains do indeed make us smarter—but they come with a cost
9 July 2012
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A Big Magnet in a Small Fish
Scientists have isolated magnetic cells that give some fish their sense of direction
5 July 2012
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A Shotgun for Blood Clots
Nanoparticles home in on and dissolve blockages in veins and arteries
2 July 2012
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ScienceShot: The World's Tiniest Fly
Insect belongs to family known for decapitating ants
28 June 2012
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ScienceShot: All Hail the Gonads
Sex organs just as important for body growth as pituitary, at least in fish
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