The convergent evolution of blinking in mudskippers and tetrapods
Approximately 360 million years ago, tetrapods colonized the terrestrial environment. This water-to-land transition is marked by a suite of behavioral ...
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Evolution of whale body size
How big were ancient whales? Body size is perhaps the most obvious functionally important feature of an organism, yet it ...
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Gecko adhesive hairs gets stickier the faster they slide
Frictional (a) and adhesive forces (b) of a gecko’s adhesive foot pads increase with increasing sliding velocity. Negative force in ...
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Flexible multielectrodes for recording from insect muscles
Six distinct motor unit recorded across the 8 electrode sites when the FMEA is inserted in to the coxa of ...
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How do geckos stick to almost any surface?
Why back when Simon was an undergraduate at Lewis & Clark College his first experience with the research in biomechanics ...
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