| 单词 | locomotion |
| 例句 | With that complete understanding of the principle of motor locomotion, I drove down the mountainside toward Calexico, some fifty miles away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing up, it’s easier to scan the savannah for game or enemies, and arms that are unnecessary for locomotion are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signalling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The voluminous tweed trousers were durable and permitted unusually free locomotion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every one of these children could execute giant steps, baby steps, scissors steps, and a few other absurd locomotions invented by Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Constance stumbled because it was her natural method of locomotion, and because her feet hurt from being in the wrong shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The ceremonious laying to rest of the dead is a custom as old as upright bipedal locomotion. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z In him Morris noted “a queer stiffness or jerkiness of locomotion,” and then delivered the small but powerful realization: “Eichmann was trembling.” For Jan Morris, Staying in One Place Was Never an Option 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z With the shift to upright locomotion, the larynx began to descend — from the back of the mouth down into the throat, where there’s room to create more varied phonemes. Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Carrano, who wrote his dissertation on the biomechanics of dinosaur locomotion, was hired as a consultant to help prepare the skeleton for display. As a kid, Matthew Carrano was obsessed with dinosaurs. Now he’s one of the world’s experts. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z But as the chordal relationships change, Krimsky incorporates jazz locomotion, gradually and naturally. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Right away there was chromatic tension and plunging locomotion, with all three musicians feeding the boiler. Music Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio at Village Vanguard 2012-03-28T21:59:28Z From this perspective, running can even be viewed as a way to reclaim the street for other forms of human locomotion – a way to re-inhabit urban spaces. Runners v pedestrians: who should give way to whom? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z While engineers and mechanical innovators refined the technologies of steam locomotion, the nation’s image makers helped to elicit consensus among the citizenry about what railroads were and where they would take the nation.” Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z In its locomotion, meanwhile, “you’re looking sort of at a model of a duck, something that’s paddling with its hind legs,” added the renowned paleontologist. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He seemed to understand this, especially in his later years when he marketed his locomotion studies to the masses at events like the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. Art Review: Tracing Muybridge, Pioneer of Photography, at the Corcoran 2010-04-26T22:54:00Z The unusual means of locomotion come courtesy of Frolic, a festival to celebrate the opening of the garden’s new Discovery Garden for Children, a space with meadow, marsh and woodland habitats. Spare Times for Children for June 5-11 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The development of the skill begins with the evolution of bipedal locomotion, or walking on two feet. How humans became the best throwers on the planet 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Anyone can wander the underground tunnels connecting the Capitol with the six House and Senate office buildings and see Speaker Paul Ryan stride with furious locomotion while his thumbs stab away at his smartphone. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Shortly after the reception for Drewes, French orchestras began reviving “Pacific 231,” Honegger’s famous musical tribute to steam locomotion, which the Nazis considered his most “degenerate” music. Unlocking the Mystery of Honegger 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z That was the trick of our locomotion, like one of those old railroad pump-cars. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Six floor pieces are wing-like structures, and two wall-mounted ones are sequences of fins designed to suggest both a journey through a changing landscape and the machine that provides the locomotion. In the galleries: Blasts from the past 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z It makes possible all kinds of locomotion, to “stomp, fly, swim, slither, dig, run.” Skin and Bones, Hold the Skin: An Author Considers Our Inner Scaffolding 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z His studies of locomotion atomise duration into instants. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z He performed for his own locomotion studies, dressed only in underpants despite his sagacious white beard: imagine Moses exercising at the gym. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Adapted, directed and choreographed by Matthew Earnest, after the Rebecca Solnit book, the play traipses from ancient Athens to modern-day Las Vegas, offering an extended meditation on human locomotion as it goes. | 'Wanderlust: A History of Walking': Matthew Earnest?s ?Wanderlust? at Ice Factory Festival 2010-07-15T23:26:00Z Later in the set, they conjured a different brew on “Lobster in the Limelight,” tidy, marching-band locomotion giving way to clattering post-bop hits. 30 Years Later, Three Bands From New York’s Downtown Scene Unite for One Night 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z This concise, exciting and fact-packed book sees the easy segue between bicycling and aerial locomotion, which at that point was mostly a topic for bird fanciers and dreamers. Review: ‘The Wright Brothers’ by David McCullough 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z There’s only so much hovering one can do before the story starts to lose its locomotion; you can’t put it in neutral just because it’s successful. With ‘1883,’ Taylor Sheridan Expands His Western Empire 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In terms of the mechanics of the tulkun’s locomotion, the animation team used humpback whales as a key reference. Creating the Exiled Sea Creature of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The songs are suffused with locomotion and informed by choice aspects of West African music. Playlist: Music From Kris Kristofferson, Jamie Lidell and ?Treme? 2010-05-16T14:06:00Z The statues, which always portray women, are often mounted on wheels or other forms of locomotion. In the galleries: Brave new worlds and fantastic heroines 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z A. “Toes allowed agile locomotion by distributing control among multiple compliant, redundant structures that mitigate the risks of moving on challenging terrain.” Style Invitational Week 1387: Movie clips 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Yet it also suggests potential liberation through independent locomotion. Pippa Garner at Redling Fine Art: Vehicles for clever satire 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z But we recommend arriving early for a more pleasant reason: to take stock of these gorgeous cathedrals to locomotion. The World's Most Beautiful Train Stations 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z But most of the trio’s hallmarks are here: resonant lyricism, floating locomotion, a harmonic approach that brings depth to simple structures and sleekness to the more complex ones. New Music: New Albums From VCMG, Brad Mehldau Trio and Henry Cole 2012-03-12T22:32:55Z "The main thing that needs to be avoided right now is hard-core locomotion, especially driven by the user in a highly aggressive way," he says. In reality, Project Morpheus, Oculus Rift aren't the most exciting things at E3 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z The locomotion and centre of gravity that the costume gives. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z “It demonstrates a dramatic step forward in measuring the dynamics of animal locomotion in the wild,” says Tobalske. Scientists solve mystery of birds’ flying V 2014-01-16T13:45:00Z Mature spermatozoa are characterized by an head, midpiece and a long tail for locomotion. Possible cause of male infertility 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The method uses a version of simulated evolution to create robots that can do a specific task—in this case, forward locomotion. AI Designs Little Robots in 30 Seconds and They Keep Sprouting Legs 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z "It rediscovered that legs are a good way to move around on land. Legged locomotion is, in fact, the most efficient form of terrestrial movement." Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “The bigger you are, the harder you fall,” said John Hutchinson, an expert on large animal locomotion at the Royal Veterinary College in Britain. To Knock an Elephant Off Balance, Bring Out a Giant Blindfold 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z There are heart-stopping drops and catches in a trapeze duet, and a propulsive hula-hoop number that feels like locomotion. Theater meets circus act in Seattle Rep’s joyful, wistful ‘Passengers’ 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Thousands of frustrated Kylie fans seeking to head home were left doing anything but the locomotion. Kylie triumphs at Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z In their computer simulations, the researchers started their robots as random shapes, gave the AI the target of developing terrestrial locomotion and then set the nascent bots loose in a virtual environment to evolve. AI Designs Little Robots in 30 Seconds and They Keep Sprouting Legs 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z By continually pumping air into the robot, it repeatedly expanded then contracted -- causing slow but steady locomotion. Instant evolution: AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z At the press briefing, Mr. Oskam said that these stimulation technologies had left him feeling that there was something foreign about the locomotion, an alien distance between his mind and body. A Paralyzed Man Can Walk Naturally Again With Brain and Spine Implants 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Each diplomonad cell has two identical nuclei and uses several flagella for locomotion. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a retractable as well as extendable organ, used for locomotion and anchorage. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z That allows it to create an earthworm-type locomotion, which is like a wave of contraction and expansion that moves along its body. Why robotic worms could one day dig beneath your feet 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The answer could doom a leading market for the swift two-wheelers that have expanded locomotion choices in the French capital and other urban centers and towns around the world. No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z “You use muscle groups in a way you usually don’t do in everyday locomotion.” Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z This type of motion, called cytoplasmic streaming, is used by several diverse groups of protists as a means of locomotion or as a method to distribute nutrients and oxygen. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A white blood cell is larger than a red blood cell, is nucleated, and is typically able to move using amoeboid locomotion. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z “Our system adapts a single unified propulsion mechanism for both environments: it has four limbs, and those limbs can transition between a flipper state for aquatic locomotion and a leg state for terrestrial locomotion.” Mighty Morphin’ Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z This peculiar mode of locomotion was foundational to virtually all the other characteristics that make humans unique. Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Fossils of the new species suggest such “thumbs,” which helped the animals grip and strip bamboo, maintained their peculiar shape to facilitate the beast's four-legged locomotion. Ancient Panda ‘Thumb’ Matches Modern Version 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Polychaete worms have paired, unjointed limbs called parapodia on each segment used for locomotion and breathing. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z They typically have cell walls enclosing cell membranes, a flagellum for locomotion and pili for attachment. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The emergence of bipedalism kicked off a long phase of rampant evolutionary riffing on this form of locomotion. Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Thus, the bones of the lower limbs are adapted for weight-bearing support and stability, as well as for body locomotion via walking or running. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z These processes regulate their metabolism, reproduction, and locomotion. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Since it is responsible for bearing the weight of the body and for locomotion, the pelvic girdle is securely attached to the axial skeleton by strong ligaments. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z They typically have cell walls enclosing nuclear membranes, a flagellum for locomotion and pili for attachment. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z With the emergence of our own genus, Homo, roughly a million years later, the foot became even better suited to terrestrial locomotion, evolving shorter toes and a high arch. Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z This tract influences trunk and proximal limb muscles related to posture and locomotion. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Water circulates through these structures and facilitates gaseous exchange as well as nutrition, predation, and locomotion. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Skeletal muscle tissue forms skeletal muscles, which attach to bones and sometimes the skin and control locomotion and any other movement that can be consciously controlled. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Because it is responsible for bearing the weight of the body and for locomotion, the pelvic girdle is securely attached to the axial skeleton by strong ligaments. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z What she found was unexpected: the archaic placental skeletons were highly diverse, and their ankles were capable of many types of locomotion. How Mammals Conquered the World after the Asteroid Apocalypse 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The effects of age-related atrophy are especially pronounced in people who are sedentary, as the loss of muscle cells is displayed as functional impairments such as trouble with locomotion, balance, and posture. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z The ventral epidermis of turbellarians is ciliated and facilitates their locomotion. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Flagella are used for locomotion, while most pili are used to exchange genetic material during a type of reproduction called conjugation. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z In most fish, the muscles of paired fins attach to girdles within the body, allowing for some control of locomotion. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “That got me thinking about how we use our understanding of locomotion and animals to develop more agile robots,” Daley says. Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Problems with locomotion and balance can also cause various injuries due to falls. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z The foot is lobed and developed into tentacles, and a funnel, which is used as their mode of locomotion. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The foot is lobed and developed into tentacles and a funnel, which is used for locomotion. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The bones of the lower limbs are thicker and stronger than the bones of the upper limbs because of the need to support the entire weight of the body and the resulting forces from locomotion. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z This kind of information is vital for those who want to replicate bipedal locomotion. Birds Make Better Bipedal Bots Than Humans Do 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Skeletal muscle is attached to bones and its contraction makes possible locomotion, facial expressions, posture, and other voluntary movements of the body. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z They might have congratulated themselves on their ease of locomotion. Sunday helped establish the new month as windy April 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The tail contains skeletal elements and muscles, which provide a source of locomotion in aquatic species, such as fishes. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Skeletal muscle tissue forms skeletal muscles, which attach to bones or skin and control locomotion and any movement that can be consciously controlled. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z “Both solutions are more or less permanent and do not allow for fast detachment and locomotion.” Honeybee Parasites Have Record-Breaking Clinginess 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He says the model could certainly be instructed to develop a more flowing form of locomotion, but the whole point of the endeavor is to optimize for speed alone. Want to make robots run faster? Try letting AI take control 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Creating spaces for other kinds of locomotion — cyclists, bipeds, wheelchairs, skateboards, scooters — is an act of world building. How to Design a Bike Lane 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Muscle tissue contracts to cause all types of body movement from locomotion of the organism to movements within the body itself. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Fossilized bones can reveal the shape of an extinct animal’s body, but paleontologists look to footprints and other evidence to deduce things like behavior and locomotion. How did one of the world’s biggest dinosaurs walk? Footprints offer clues 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The taller the obstacles, the more likely the centipede is to adopt this so-called retrograde locomotion, Erickson said. Centipedes, the ‘envy of engineers,’ inspire a new generation of robots 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It can cause loss of locomotion so severe that an eagle will lose the ability not only to fly, but also to move at all, he said. After Mounting a Comeback, Eagles Face a New Threat 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z It was not until the evolutionary burst that occurred in the Cambrian period, between 541 million and 485.4 million years ago, that animals acquired some basic sound-making behaviors related to locomotion and predation. Fossils Reveal When Animals Started Making Noise 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z In some terrestrial vertebrates, the tail may also function in balance, locomotion, courting, and signaling when danger is near. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z But both Farlow and Woodruff say that sauropods were diverse, varying in size and possibly in locomotion. How did one of the world’s biggest dinosaurs walk? Footprints offer clues 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “It is a hallmark of being humans. Despite that, our understanding of the origins and evolution of bipedal locomotion is still something we’re trying to figure out.” Prints Long Thought to Be Bear Tracks May Have Been Made by Human Ancestor 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I applied for this suborbital launch opportunity to test my spider-mimicking locomotion technique — something I incorporate into performance — in actual outer space. Why artist and engineer Xin Liu sent her wisdom tooth into outer space 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z This suggests that the tail also played a role in energy-efficient locomotion. Some Dinosaurs May Have Wagged their Tails to Help Them Run 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Polychaete annelids have parapodia that participate in locomotion and respiration. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z “We must have had a clear benefit for losing the tail, whether it was improved locomotion or something else.” ‘Jumping gene’ may have erased tails in humans and other apes—and boosted our risk of birth defects 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z According to the Washington Evening Star, the boy “immediately put forth all his powers of locomotion to get away from the uncomfortable-looking animal.” Perspective | Great escapes: Remembering other zoo animals that have made a run for it 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z By analyzing walking tardigrades, literally one step at a time, the researchers also hoped to uncover clues about locomotion in general on a very, very small scale, Nirody told Live Science. Why Tiny Tardigrades Walk Like Insects 500,000 Times Their Size 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The work by Hunt and Full’s team is part of a larger, multi-institutional collaboration to study and apply the principles of squirrel locomotion. Squirrels Use Gymnastics to Navigate Treetop Canopies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The bones of the lower limbs are thicker and stronger than the bones of the upper limbs to support the entire weight of the body and the forces from locomotion. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z They layered the two strategies, and together they “enable the robot to perform robust and adaptive locomotion without any fine tuning,” Facebook says. How do you teach robots to navigate new places? Study toddlers. 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z You really need a big, big effort to change a company from that kind of locomotion going in that direction into a different direction. Can Polestar design a new kind of car company? 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Outside of wanting to advance propulsion and sensor technology, the Navy notes it would like to explore sonar, image-processing and "bio-inspired locomotion from amphibious animals" to create "amphibious and cross-domain vehicles." Navy budget proposes research for 'bio-inspired' sea-air vessels, platforms, robots: report 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z “I have a sense of wonder at flight because it is the most highly complex form of locomotion in the entire animal kingdom,” says Cavanagh. A Washington photographer’s passion: 600,000 photos of flying birds — and the incredible math behind it all 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The sprawling levels are designed to be navigated quickly, and they wouldn’t really work with typical solutions for VR locomotion like teleportation. Doom 3 for PSVR is a solid showcase for Sony’s Aim Controller 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Now, scientists have pinned down the genetic mutation that likely causes this breed to have this strange form of locomotion. This rabbit walks on its ‘hands.’ Scientists think they’ve found the genetic reason why 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z For example, all the fish sequenced have a regulatory element that helps form synovial joints, which make fins and limbs flexible and are essential for terrestrial locomotion. Fish had the genes to adapt to life on land—while they were still swimming the seas 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z According to Hyundai: Based on a modular platform architecture, its features include a sophisticated leg and wheel locomotion system, 360-degree directional control, and a range of sensors for remote observation. Hyundai is getting serious about building a ‘walking car’ with four legs 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The researchers describe this new “lasso locomotion” in a study published Monday in Current Biology. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z According to the zoo, he now is working on his third technique of locomotion. Onward and upward for the zoo’s giant panda cub 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Because locomotion is such a complicated behavior, he expected multiple genes and multiple classes of interneurons would be involved. This rabbit walks on its ‘hands.’ Scientists think they’ve found the genetic reason why 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z They’ve dubbed this newfound behavior “lasso locomotion” and detailed its mechanics in a paper published in January in Current Biology. Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The lasso locomotion is completely unlike any other known mode of movement in snakes, says David Cundall, an expert in snake morphology at Lehigh University who was not involved with the new research. Guam’s invasive tree snakes loop themselves into lassos to reach their feathered prey 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z After viewing the video, Dr. Jayne tried and failed to get the brown tree snakes in his lab to climb a pole using lasso locomotion. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z This “lasso locomotion” is a slow, strenuous process. Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z But this paper drives home that, like modular homes with independent sections put together to make a dwelling, locomotion is achieved through the combined efforts of individual classes of interneurons, he adds. This rabbit walks on its ‘hands.’ Scientists think they’ve found the genetic reason why 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z When wriggling up trees, arboreal snakes usually need two gripping regions, which they achieve by wrapping their bodies twice around the trunk—a process called concertina locomotion. Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Ennos argues that our forward-facing eyes with binocular vision, upright posture and differentiation between hind limbs for locomotion and forelimbs for gripping all evolved for living in canopies. Review | How wood shaped human history, from spears to boats to books 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Dr. Jayne believes lasso locomotion is an entirely new type of slithering. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Snakes typically climb trees either by tensing their belly muscles to grip tiny projections of bark and then slithering straight up or by a hold-and-release movement called “concertina locomotion.” Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Tennant hoped for six months’ profitable work – she was candid about being in modelling for the money, earned by her attitudinous slouch, unseductive catwalk locomotion, free-ranging elbows and a resting face not meant to ingratiate. Stella Tennant obituary 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z But in the newly discovered lasso locomotion, the snake uses its one gripping region as an anchor, allowing it to wrap its body around only once, like a lasso. Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The zoo’s report on the youngster’s efforts at locomotion seem to depict a young animal’s slow approach to self-propulsion. National Zoo says its panda cub is teething, but not yet walking 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “Lasso locomotion is in outer space,” he said. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Because the snakes need only one body loop to grip the cylinder in lasso locomotion, as opposed to two for concertina locomotion, they can use the technique to scale cylinders twice as wide. Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are meant for, well, cars and automobiles, but despite the emphasis on landlubber locomotion, there’s technically no reason that one couldn’t use them for navigating the high seas. Avast! Boss Audio’s new weatherproof touchscreen brings CarPlay and Android Auto to boats 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Ruane adds that even though brown tree snakes are heavily researched, their newfound locomotion would likely have gone unnoticed were it not for the video footage. Invasive snakes move their bodies like lassos, a totally new mode of locomotion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Einhorn compared the anatomy of different animals and reduced each “organism . . . to a means of locomotion.” Deck-climbing, dog-racing, break dancing: One NFL player’s quarantine workout stands out 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In contrast, in lasso locomotion, the looping region of the body the snake uses to grip does not change, and the animal moves itself upward with little sideways bends around the circumference of its cylinder. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Lasso locomotion is very different, and it works with wider diameters. Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z As a postdoctoral fellow in a University of California, San Diego, lab that studies small-scale locomotion, Glenna Clifton is used to observing insects quite closely. 5 Rules for Sheltering in Place With Cockroaches, Spiders and Turtles 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In his late 20s Wilbur Wright began reading books on the anatomy of birds and animal locomotion. Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed When Others Failed? 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z We were exotic, but we were on bicycles, a form of locomotion that identified us as harmless idiots to Palestinians and Israelis alike. Why cycling in Palestine is an intensely political act 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z It’s possible that other snakes in the same genus as the brown tree snake are also capable of lasso locomotion, Dr. Jayne said. These Snakes Found a New Way to Slither 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “I’ve been studying the locomotion of snakes on and off for more than 40 years,” Jayne says, “and I was just absolutely stunned.” Brown Tree Snakes Twist Themselves into ‘Lassos’ to Climb 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The children are more active than expected, more physically confident and display better physical skills, object control and "locomotion", say their teachers. The nursery putting fitness at the heart of learning 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Writing in Science Robotics, Hwangbo et al. report that a data-driven approach to designing robotic software can improve the locomotion skills of robots. Robots, hominins and superconductors: 10 remarkable papers from 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Big Bird is one of the few Muppets with the gift of locomotion, free in body as in spirit. Appreciation: Caroll Spinney's talents made Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch icons 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z “The emerging picture of its locomotion is different from any known living creature,” said Böhme. Bones of ape living 12m years ago point to genesis of upright walking 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Answering the questions of why and how hominin bipedalism evolved depends a lot on what kind of locomotion was being used before terrestrial bipedalism evolved. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The animal's build, posture and locomotion are unique among primates. 'Astonishing' fossil ape discovery revealed 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z This peculiar mode of locomotion allows moles to keep their arms stretched in front of their bodies as they scurry through their underground corridors. Moles have one of the most unusual walks on Earth 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Among the first innovations that researchers began to find in fossil form were those to do with locomotion. How the earliest mammals thrived alongside dinosaurs 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The Caltech team is certainly not the first to dream of creating futuristic machines with the ability to shift between different forms of locomotion. Caltech’s latest creation: A hovering, bird-like robot that could someday explore Mars 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z This makes it a good possible model of locomotion for the last common ancestor. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “They house the brain and most of the major sensory systems. They reflect locomotion and body size,” Ward said. This newfound 3.8-million-year-old skull is an ‘iconic’ specimen in humans’ evolution 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z “It was—still is—probably the most direct evidence for a so-called central pattern generator for locomotion in humans,” says Karen Minassian, a medical physicist at the Medical University of Vienna. How a Revolutionary Technique Got People with Spinal-Cord Injuries Back on Their Feet 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z After training and stimulation, he was able to walk with “a near-effortless, coordinated locomotion pattern”, according to the authors. How a revolutionary technique got people with spinal-cord injuries back on their feet 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In research centers around the world, roboticists have for decades been on a quest to perfect bipedal locomotion in machines. Caltech’s latest creation: A hovering, bird-like robot that could someday explore Mars 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z This species moved around in a previously unknown way, which the authors suggest could provide a model for the type of locomotion from which hominin bipedalism evolved. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z There is velocity in that want, just as velocity is the primary mover in locomotion on Earth and beyond. Looking Back at People Watching the Apollo 11 Mission 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Worms with strange morphologies or behaviors, such as abnormal locomotion or feeding, were of special interest. Sydney Brenner, Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist, dies at 92 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “It was — still is — probably the most direct evidence for a so-called central pattern generator for locomotion in humans,” says Karen Minassian, a medical physicist at the Medical University of Vienna. How a revolutionary technique got people with spinal-cord injuries back on their feet 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z That’s because bipedal locomotion –– while extremely useful for moving humans up stairs, over mountains or across complex surfaces –– offers so little room for error in machines. Caltech’s latest creation: A hovering, bird-like robot that could someday explore Mars 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z A top-down approach to assessing how our early ancestors might have evolved bipedalism focuses on possible modes of ancestral locomotion by considering how living great apes move around. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Cohen explained that the nickname stemmed from his taxicab business, in which drivers’ monikers traditionally derived from the original locomotion: hackney horses. Michael Cohen clears up various conspiracy stories 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z But more importantly, when a locomotion strategy was optimized in the hybrid simulator, and then transferred into the robot’s body and tested in the physical world, it was as successful as it was in simulation. Robots on the run 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z However, when the components are programmed to adjust their diameter in response to a varying environmental signal, there is collective locomotion towards the source of the signal. Robotic collectives inspired by biological cells 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z “Was it an experiment in locomotion that failed?” 'Wiggly structures' in ancient rocks could be earliest trace of moving organism 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Böhme et al.3 present fossils of a previously unknown ape called Danuvius guggenmosi, which the authors suggest provides a good model for the type of locomotion from which bipedalism might have evolved. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The North Americans are making the locomotion system. Mars rover named after Rosalind Franklin 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Living kangaroos are the only large mammal to use hopping on two legs as their main form of locomotion. When did the kangaroo learn to hop? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z They have the highest metabolic rate among vertebrates, and they specialize in hovering, “the most expensive form of locomotion in nature.” The Hummingbird as Warrior: Evolution of a Fierce and Furious Beak 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Now researchers say the rocks also contain the earliest evidence of locomotion: a host of structures of up to 6mm across and up to 170mm in length, some of which are intertwined, with rounded ends. 'Wiggly structures' in ancient rocks could be earliest trace of moving organism 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z And that would get us closer to answering why and how our human ancestors became less dependent on life in the trees and fully embraced two-footed terrestrial locomotion. Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “It’s an excellent paper,” says Christofer Clemente, an expert on the evolution of locomotion at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, who wasn’t involved in the work. From mouse to mammoth, foot posture may explain why some mammals got so massive 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Researchers need to understand why different forms of locomotion evolved. Make robot motions natural 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The researchers, who also compared the robot’s movement to that of iguanas and salamanders, said their findings show the Orabates pabsti had a more advanced locomotion than once thought. Researchers use robot to recreate movement of 290-million-old creature that existed before dinosaurs 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Only after around 251 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, did they start to evolve different styles of locomotion that helped them enter new ecological niches available to them on land. RoboFossil Reveals Locomotion of Beast from Deep Time 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Based on the robot model, the scientists said they think the creature had more advanced locomotion than previously thought for such an early land animal. Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z When did amniotes first adopt this mode of locomotion? Cinematic and scientific techniques combine to show how a long-extinct creature moved 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Crompton responds that the locomotion paper is essentially an overview that attempts to reconstruct how Little Foot moved by drawing on the solid data given in the other papers. ‘Little Foot’ hominin emerges from stone after millions of years 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Dr. Biewener said the study helps link muscle physiology and locomotion to the animals’ behavior. The Wildebeest Is One Highly Toned Machine 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z They also developed a computer model that allowed them to calculate the physical forces acting on Orobates during different kinds of locomotion. RoboFossil Reveals Locomotion of Beast from Deep Time 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z They used genetic approaches to activate neurons that regulate locomotion in D. melanogaster and the results focused their attention on a type of neuron called an octopaminergic neuron, which produces the neurotransmitter molecule octopamine. Gut microbes alter the walking activity of fruit flies 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z These cases illustrate a diversity in foot evolution and locomotion, which with time may offer greater contextual clues about the lives of these groups. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Gabriele Macho, a biological anthropologist at the University of Oxford, UK, agrees that the locomotion paper is light on solid data, but notes that the team acknowledges that it is a work in progress. ‘Little Foot’ hominin emerges from stone after millions of years 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Stanford already had a collection of Eadweard Muybridge’s pioneering photographic studies of animal locomotion, which eventually contributed to the development of motion pictures. Review: 'Carleton Watkins: Making the West American' sheds light on the photographer who artfully captured early California - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z "Mini-submarines are rigid and typically use a propeller for locomotion," he said. Jellyfish robots to watch over coral reefs 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Such an effect on locomotion was not observed for other neurotransmitters they tested. Gut microbes alter the walking activity of fruit flies 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z It is unique because it is best suited to our style of bipedal locomotion. What Makes the Human Foot Unique? 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z My humanity, one cell in the great, breathing locomotion spreading from sunlight to leaves to root stems to bugs to birds to bears. Opinion | The Beast in Me 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “Such autonomous decision about locomotion according to the environment is very interesting research. Our ultimate dream is to achieve the flying humanoid, like an unmanned Iron Man.” This flying ‘dragon’ drone can change shape in midair 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z As organisms scale up, physics dictates what’s possible for any kind of movement and function, be it blood flow, digestion or locomotion. Opinion | Wrap Your Mind Around a Whale 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, one key conclusion emerges: the effect of bacterial products on fly locomotion is mediated by the modulation of known circuits that control behaviour and not through previously unknown regulatory mechanisms. Gut microbes alter the walking activity of fruit flies 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Getting bigger and heavier, for instance, poses problems for an animal’s locomotion and posture. Too Small for Big Muscles, Tiny Animals Use Springs 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Fie, his very locomotion is a riddle: “I break into a jog, something close to a full sprint.” Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s Concussive Collaboration 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The research team filmed the jumping arachnid with high-tech cameras to discover the secrets of her extraordinary locomotion. How a spider jumps on its prey 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But VillageCare refused to readmit her, saying she needed assistance with activities of daily living, including “locomotion.” Wheelchairs Prohibited in the Last Place You’d Expect 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z “In the initial phase of the project, our team began by investigating new methods for emulating the locomotion of invertebrates,” Mr. McAlpine said, Army Times reported Wednesday. Army researchers vying for ‘self-aware, self-sensing’ robotic squid 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Innovations that have come about partly as a result of this model include the tin can, steam locomotion and ships' propellers. Solving the world's problems, one prize at a time 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “It may be for underwater locomotion, but also walking robots or grasping robots. This whole field will see changes.” This Wiggly Fish Is the Most Advanced Robot of Its Kind 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Though the fat cells did seem to be moving themselves, their means of locomotion was unusual. Inside Wounded Flies, Fat Cells Race to the Rescue 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z He shows that beyond pulling carriages, carts and caissons, horses propelled science into a new age as a crucial subject in the study of anatomy, genealogy and locomotion. ‘Farewell to the Horse’ celebrates the role of horses in history 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z “It's the first direct evidence of bipedal locomotion in lizards for the entire Mesozoic,” an era also known as the age of dinosaurs, says Tiago Simões, a University of Alberta paleontologist who reviewed the study. Fossil Footprints Are Oldest Traces of Lizards Running on Two Legs 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z He shows that beyond pulling carriages, carts and artillery caissons, horses propelled science into a new age as a crucial subject in the study of anatomy, geneology and locomotion. Review | How the horse helped shape our world — at great expense to itself 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z So if researchers want to study the nerves that control locomotion in an ancient animal, they often turn to modern creatures that scientists believe are good approximations of their ancestors. Primitive fish's sea-floor shuffle illuminates the origins of walking 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z That description is close to the kind of locomotion that Dr. Jayne and his graduate student, Steven J. Newman, analyzed in a recent issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology. How the Snake Pours Its Way Across the Ground 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The work by the Royal Veterinary College on cheetah locomotion will be shown in Thursday's episode of BBC One's Big Cats documentary. How to escape from a lion or cheetah 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In prolonged research on mice with extreme infections, “we had to terminate the experiments for ethical reasons because their locomotion started to be affected,” she said. The Parasite on the Playground 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The legislation, which now goes to the House floor, also allows other forms of “human locomotion,” including wheelbarrows and strollers, in the nation’s 110 million acres of designated wilderness. House GOP deflates administrative state by moving to allow bikes in wilderness areas 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Gliding is a distinctive locomotion type that has been identified in only three mammal species from the Mesozoic era. A Jurassic gliding euharamiyidan mammal with an ear of five auditory bones 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Descending command neurons in the brainstem that halt locomotion. Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Gibson, J. J. Visually controlled locomotion and visual orientation in animals. Ultra-selective looming detection from radial motion opponency 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1997, for example, he turned to artificial intelligence in robot locomotion, and later to mathematical biology. Vladimir Voevodsky (1966–2017) Often, these pockets get inflated at different times in different spots to generate locomotion in a robot. Octopus-Inspired Robots: Silicone Skin Can Change Texture for '3D Camouflage' 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z We conclude that gliding locomotion was probably common in euharamiyidans, which lends support to idea that there was a major adaptive radiation of mammals in the mid-Jurassic period. A Jurassic gliding euharamiyidan mammal with an ear of five auditory bones 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Goulding, M. Circuits controlling vertebrate locomotion: moving in a new direction. Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z The four-flipper swimming method of plesiosaurs enabled efficient and effective locomotion. The Unique and Efficient 4-Flipper Locomotion of Plesiosaurs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Scientists, rather than looking at the bones alone, began to gauge dinosaur locomotion via models of skeletons and muscles. Tyrannosaurus rex couldn’t run, but it was a speedy walker 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z This means bamboo sharks use their shoulders, composed of a u-shaped girdle of cartilage and various attached muscles, for feeding as well as to control the front-most fins for locomotion. These Sharks Feed in a Surprising Way 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z That acceleration time depends on an animal’s body mass and locomotion mode, the method it uses to move, such as running or swimming. Now Scientists Can Accurately Guess The Speed Of Any Animal 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Identification of a brainstem circuit regulating visual cortical state in parallel with locomotion. Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z The evolution of underwater flight and the locomotion of plesiosaurs. The Unique and Efficient 4-Flipper Locomotion of Plesiosaurs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z The locomotion of other dinosaurs presents more interesting scenarios, in his view. Tyrannosaurus rex couldn’t run, but it was a speedy walker 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z If synthesis — of the visible world with an implicit, all but tangible fantasy one — is Pokémon Go's sly inducement, locomotion remains its most conspicuous boon. Why Pokemon Go Matters One Year Later 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z These changes may coincide with evolutionary shifts in human locomotion, as human ancestors became better at upright walking and were required to travel longer distances. Chimps' strength secrets explained - BBC News 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Kiehn, O. Decoding the organization of spinal circuits that control locomotion. Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z That’s why they settled on peristalsis as their chosen form of locomotion. This wriggling worm-bot could be used for colonoscopies one day 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Aeronautics, dinosaur locomotion and migration have all drawn hugely from the study of avifauna, and human culture has embraced the winged beasts as a potent metaphor for transformation. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z "Some footprints point to the possibility of bipedal locomotion in specific moments with the aim of moving faster," he said. Unknown ancient reptile roamed the Pyrenees mountains - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z While “The Grand Tour” is catnip for gearheads, Mr. Clarkson asserts that location sometimes outshines locomotion, making the program “as much a travel show” as a car one. Globetrotting Gearhead Jeremy Clarkson on Travel Secrets and Terrible Airports 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Silvia Arber and colleagues now show that in the mouse caudal brainstem, functionally distinct neuronal subpopulations, distinguishable by their neurotransmitter identity, connectivity and location, influence locomotion parameters. Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z To design Salto, short for "saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles," the University of California, Berkeley, researchers sought inspiration from one of the animal kingdom's best leapers. Little African primate's talents inspire leaping robot 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z “We’re actually taking brain signals and putting them back into the nervous system at the spinal cord level to activate locomotion,” said David Borton, a neuroengineer at Brown University and co-author of the study. These monkeys were paralyzed until a brain implant helped them walk again 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z "Useful locomotion also requires control of balance, steering and obstacle avoidance, which were not addressed," he added. 'Brain wi-fi' reverses leg paralysis in primate first - BBC News 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Mafia III is a game that assumes you delight in locomotion for locomotion’s sake. Review: 'Mafia 3' Squanders One of the Year's Best Stories on Stale Gameplay 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Known to jump up and down on the stage, he tapes his ankles and Achilles tendons to help his onstage locomotion and recovery. Prophets of Rage member Chuck D says Donald Trump presidency ‘cannot happen’ 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Oddly, research suggests bipedalism is a rather ineffective means of locomotion. This robot takes power walking to a new level 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z "Demotion, emotion, promotion, locomotion, I don't know how you would describe this move, though move it is. All I would say is that it's a privilege to serve," is how Gove described it. Meet Michael Gove, the man who just turned British politics into an episode of ‘House of Cards’ 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “Flight is actually the most physically challenging form of locomotion,” says Heers. Before true flight evolved, early wings might have been used to simply glide through trees, she says. Finally, You Can See Dinosaurs in All Their Feathered Glory "One of the things that's really interesting about snakes is that their entire body is, in this type of locomotion, in sliding contact with the ground," Ms Schiebel explains. Snake walk: The slippery physics of slithering - BBC News 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z He doesn’t say much about locomotion, though, does he? Why You Move the Way You Do The robots they produce are world leading and they’ve made enormous strides – sorry - in robot locomotion. How real is that Atlas robot video? 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Wilkinson's thesis is that locomotion drives the evolution of all other features. Evolution: Doing the locomotion : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Taken as a whole, this is the most advanced and, on the evidence of F1 results, best high-performance locomotion system that’s yet been devised. Inside Mercedes' top-secret Formula 1 engine factory 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Purcell said he and other investors are filling an unmet need for products designed with the user in mind, based on scientific principles governing human locomotion. ProtoStar's high-tech medical walker, the LifeWalker Upright, provides more than mobility 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s all about the act of exploratory locomotion. Why You Move the Way You Do When flattened, they resort to a kind of locomotion that hasn’t been studied before, Dr. Full said. Cockroaches: Indestructible, and Instructive to Robot Makers 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Wilkinson shows how locomotion is intimately related to breathing, metabolic rates, habitat and developmental genetics in a variety of groups. Evolution: Doing the locomotion : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He cited the field’s new “geochemical tools” for determining diet, growth patterns and locomotion. In Argentina, Rancher’s Discovery Leads to Largest Titanosaur 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Complicated natural products with synthetically challenging frameworks do not tend to feature in nature's methods of making or transforming energy, replicating, information processing, locomotion or much else. Chemistry: Why synthesize? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z It opened my eyes to how dominant this idea of locomotion is: how fully and thoroughly animals are shaped by the need to move effectively from place to place. Why You Move the Way You Do "The general goal of our lab is to understand the locomotion aspect of animals," said Prof Kim in an explaining video on the MIT website. Six ways nature has inspired technological innovation - BBC News 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z All this standing and waiting by cyclists and pedestrians is killing the appeal of muscle-powered locomotion, critics say. Would Germans Ever Cross the Street on a Red Light? 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z From my 12-inches-above-the-tarmac perch, I experience the exhilaration of movement and acuity of vision that more ordinary forms of locomotion rarely allow.” Keith Bellows: In Memoriam 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Documents lodged with the US Patent Office refer to an "ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method for aerial locomotion". Could we fly from London to New York in an hour? - BBC News 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The dynamic part is added when you couple that effort with another element like route-planning or locomotion. If You Want to Improve Your Memory, Try Climbing a Tree 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z An aerospace engineer by training, Panek is designing the locomotion system for the European Space Agency’s Mars rover, expected to launch in 2018. Space Cadets: Far-Out Innovations From The FORBES 30 Under 30 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z They use hopping as their primary means of locomotion, and their upright stance allows them to freely use their hands freely. That's right, kangaroos are left-handed 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z If the tots inspecting radish plants in the village allotment are to avoid this fate, they need to master the art of continual locomotion as early as possible. The schools taking a stand against too much sitting down - BBC News 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The chimps, named Leo and Hercules, are kept at Stony Brook University, where researchers use them in locomotion studies. Chimpanzee representatives argue for animals' rights in New York court 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z “This is the first and only robot to replicate the physics of human and animal locomotion,” said Jonathan Hurst, an OSU professor of mechanical engineering, and director of the university’s Dynamic Robotics Laboratory. Oregon State robot walks something like the walk 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z And from the inchworm, the engineers borrowed the wall-climbing bot's method of locomotion: while one half of its body moves forward, the other stays locked in place. Tiny robots pull objects up to 2,000 times their own weight 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z All the elements of this “Century” combine to make a musical, manic train ride that truly puts the “loco” in locomotion. Theater: Chenoweth soars in manic ‘On the Twentieth Century’ 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The second-place finisher, with 20 points, may be on its way to overcoming a huge challenge in bipedal robotics: locomotion. One day, robots may work in zones too dangerous for humans 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z "We really are preaching and pushing for stationary experiences and very, very little to no locomotion," he says. Has Oculus Finally Conquered the Virtual-Reality Vomit Problem? 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Although chimpanzees and bonobos are our closest relatives on the evolutionary tree, they do not represent in their own locomotion good proto-models of what led to human upright posture and walking. A Magisterial Synthesis Of Apes And Human Evolution 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Kuffner is one of the inventors of an algorithm known as the rapidly exploring random tree, which has been hugely influential in robot locomotion, Tedrake says. Google’s New Droid Commander Will Keep the Robots Rolling, Experts Say 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "But the idea that they might have used a different kind of locomotion has not been thought about." Giant kangaroo 'walked on two feet' 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z In terms of locomotion, they were unlike today's kangaroos, with an anatomy ill-suited for hopping. Stop the hop: for huge ancient kangaroos, hopping was dicey 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z One of the upcoming studies looks at the dinosaur's locomotion through robotic and computer simulations, using 3D scans of the bones that are publicly available for free download along with the current study. Newly discovered dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, takes title of largest terrestrial animal The snakes, which included three boa constrictors and a green tree python, all used a climbing technique called "concertina locomotion". Tree-hugging snakes put safety first 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z "Demotion, emotion, promotion, locomotion, I don't know how you would describe this move, though move it is, all I would say is that it's a privilege to serve." Going, going … Gove: PM axes friend in reshuffle after toxic poll warning 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z She said the adjustments found in the sthenurines' skeletons definitely suggested a different style of getting around, but added that "precisely what that style of locomotion was is probably still going to be debated". Giant kangaroo 'walked on two feet' 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Space rovers are known for unusual modes of locomotion. This Space Rover Drives on the Underside of Ice 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The second half of the answer, less philosophical, is that it’s difficult to defend anyone one on one when you don’t understand what that player’s parameters for locomotion are. LeBron James Takes the Road More Traveled The first step was building up the pathways in the brain that would send mental commands to the BMI to restore locomotion. The cyborg era begins next week at the World Cup 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Adult organs involved in food capture and ciliated locomotion and integrative functions show significantly higher diversity and overall higher level of expression levels for most of ion channel types. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z “One of the hardest things with bipedal locomotion is swinging the leg forward,” Cotton said. Fla. team building world’s fastest running robot 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z As such, he’s developed a robot that mimics the flic-flac spider’s odd locomotion. Watch This Spider Cartwheel His Way Across the Desert 2014-05-07T20:48:44Z In 1999, British anthropologist Mark Collard and I looked afresh at the boundary between Homo and more-primitive hominins by focusing on features that hint at body size, posture, locomotion, diet and life history. Human evolution: Fifty years after Homo habilis 2014-04-02T17:20:30.613Z Animal locomotion depends on proprioceptive feedback, which is generated by mechanosensory neurons. [Report] The stum Gene Is Essential for Mechanical Sensing in Proprioceptive Neurons 2014-03-13T18:26:11.668Z Adult organs involved in food capture and ciliated locomotion and integrative functions show significantly higher diversity and overall higher level of expression levels for most of ion channel types. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Currently, the Northwestern lab is demonstrating artificial sensory and locomotion capabilities on two separate robotic platforms. Electric fish inspire agile robots 2014-02-15T19:33:05Z Relationships between osteology and aquatic locomotion in birds: determining modes of locomotion in extinct Ornithurae. Bird behaviour, the ‘deep time’ perspective 2014-01-27T12:35:26Z This episode of CreatureCast presents two organisms that use cilia for locomotion. CreatureCast: Moving, Without Feet to Do So 2014-01-23T16:17:47Z In tetrapods and bipeds, dynamic regulation of locomotion is simplified by the modular organization of spinal limb circuits, but it is not known whether their predecessors, fish axial circuits, are similarly organized. [Report] Modular Organization of Axial Microcircuits in Zebrafish 2014-01-09T18:56:56.652Z Sellers and his colleagues are investigating how Argentinosaurus got around by using a supercomputer simulation of the sauropod's locomotion. Giant Dinosaur Walks Again in Supercomputer Simulation 2013-12-23T13:45:02.657Z Two of the chimpanzees are believed to be owned by the New Iberia Research Center, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, but are housed at Stony Brook University for a study of locomotion. Rights Group Is Seeking Status of ‘Legal Person’ for Captive Chimpanzee 2013-12-03T01:06:31Z Haspel studies worm locomotion, and he was also surprised by the researchers’ report that the octopus pushes itself with worm-like contractions of its tentacles. Octopuses Propelled by Worm-like Movement 2013-11-15T23:15:01.377Z I am sooo at peace… Scientists study ‘fishy’ behavior to solve an animal locomotion mystery. Physics Week in Review: November 9, 2013 2013-11-09T20:45:03.370Z They are working as part of the Octopus Integrating Project consortium, which aims to create an entirely soft-bodied octo-bot that mimics the locomotion, abilities and looks of an actual octopus. Robot Octopus Swims With Lifelike Arms [Video] 2013-08-01T13:45:05.190Z “Like an octopus squeezing through a narrow opening,” he wrote, “a soft robot must adapt its shape and locomotion strategy for a broad range of tasks, obstacles and environmental conditions.” Will the Robot Uprising Be Squishy? 2013-07-27T01:45:05.053Z If combined with the Virtuix Omni, a treadmill of sorts, locomotion will also be more than simply pressing "W" to move forward. 11 Gadgets Inspired by Sci-Fi 2013-06-25T13:08:00Z Pulmonary conditioning of racehorses requires proactive husbandry and locomotion management, not injectable raceday drugs. The Rail: Essay: Medication Continues to Stifle America’s Triple Crown Hopes 2013-06-11T19:37:14Z It has an "arthritic" robotic arm, its solar panels are losing efficiency, and it drives backwards to save wear on its locomotion system. Old Mars rover makes rock discovery 2013-06-10T06:13:32Z I saw robots that sort colored objects like the PR2, socially assistive robots that do work with autistic kids like the Nao, I’m particularly interested in robot locomotion. When Should Robots Resemble Humans? 2013-04-25T19:45:04.257Z Environmental engineering simplifies subterranean locomotion, he explained, often limiting studies to a flat, featureless surface, which doesn’t shed much light on how ants cope in real-world conditions. Tunnel Vision: Probing the Physics of Fire Ants 2013-03-29T16:15:05.293Z Anyone who’s tried to move through fine sand—whether running along the beach or driving through the desert—knows the difficulty that a loose, granular track presents to locomotion. Will Next-Generation Mars Rovers Have C-Shaped Legs? 2013-03-22T12:45:03.213Z Pulmonary health and bleeding prevention are dependent on proper pulmonary development, which enhances smooth running and biomechanically sound locomotion. The Rail: Essay: Medication Continues to Stifle America’s Triple Crown Hopes 2013-06-11T19:37:14Z And as exciting as the discovery of hind-leg flight feathers might be, says Norell, other clues are needed to really understand the locomotion of birds. First Birds Might Have Flown on Four Wings 2013-03-14T21:15:00.407Z One reason is that ostriches trace their upright locomotion back 230 million years to the age of dinosaurs, while our ancestors walked upright just 5 million years ago. Human Evolution: Gain Came with Pain 2013-02-16T18:32:55Z When Lucy was uncovered in 1974, evidence of bipedal locomotion virtually guaranteed her kind a spot in the human family tree. Will Scientists Ever Be Able to Piece Together Humanity's Early Origins? (preview) 2013-02-06T13:15:00.280Z For decades robots stumbled along on the ground, slowly and clumsily, rarely achieving even bipedal locomotion. Open Sky: After Transforming War, Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front 2013-01-31T13:05:24Z Horses with healthy lungs are content and fulfilled horses whose lives their caretakers adequately if not extensively enrich with abundant locomotion. The Rail: Essay: Medication Continues to Stifle America’s Triple Crown Hopes 2013-06-11T19:37:14Z “I was working on cockroach locomotion, running little cockroaches on treadmills,” she said. | Hopi E. Hoekstra: Hopi Hoekstra Traces the Roots of Behavior in DNA 2013-01-28T21:29:42Z This tree-based foraging appears to alters these individuals’ feet, ankles and legs to be much more adept at this form of locomotion. Did Human Ancestors "Walk" Up Trees? [Video] 2012-12-31T20:45:00.200Z The claw of pedal digit III is preferred for these studies, since it’s longest and is the one that interacts for the longest time with the substrate during locomotion. Did Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx climb trees? Claws and climbing in birds and other dinosaurs 2012-12-18T12:45:00.183Z Specifically, the researchers checked how the legs of ostensibly moving quadrupeds hit the ground, to see if these depictions matched actual animal locomotion. Cave Artists Had Leg Up On Moderns 2012-12-07T21:15:04.267Z He delighted his Harvard students with his “Moby-Dick” lecture, in which he impersonated Captain Ahab stomping around on a peg leg to demonstrate human locomotion. Farish Jenkins, Fossils Expert, Dies at 72 2012-12-01T03:10:52Z Has the small size of these monkeys evolved under selection for arboreal locomotion on small branches? Marmosets and tamarins: dwarfed monkeys of the South American tropics 2012-11-27T14:45:07.257Z Importantly, the 3.3-million-year-old skeleton preserves complete shoulder blades, which contain clues to locomotion. 3.3-Million-Year-Old Baby Shows Lucy's Species Hung Out in Trees 2012-10-28T20:17:27.227Z He studies the evolution of ape and human locomotion by looking at both ancient fossils and modern-day animals in motion. The Hazards of Being an Athletic Ape 2012-10-16T13:45:00.227Z No self-respecting Chinese gentleman - and even less a woman - would be seen sweating under their own locomotion. China's favourite barbarian, Kublai Khan 2012-10-09T00:03:46Z The new technique, the researchers say, isn't just useful for observing sperm locomotion—it can also open a window into the twists and turns taken by bacteria and other microorganisms. Video: As the Sperm Swims 2012-09-17T20:00:00Z By experimenting on mice, the Swedish researchers next determined that these genes were held in neurons in the spinal cord, which controls locomotion. Scientists Find Gene Can Explain Horses’ Ability to Pace 2012-09-11T00:26:17Z Instead, Green and Alemseged conclude, the findings bolster the hypothesis that A. afarensis “participated in a behavioral strategy that incorporated a considerable amount of arboreal behaviors in addition to bipedal locomotion.” 3.3-Million-Year-Old Baby Shows Lucy's Species Hung Out in Trees 2012-10-28T20:17:27.227Z Next, we analysed central pattern generator output in the isolated neonatal spinal cord using drug-induced fictive locomotion. Mutations in DMRT3 affect locomotion in horses and spinal circuit function in mice 2012-08-29T17:51:50.993Z For the animal to accomplish this task, signals from a computer that mimics the locomotion pattern of a rhesus monkey cause the robotic limb to move the animal's leg. First Steps toward a Robotic Leg Suit for Paraplegics [Video] 2012-08-29T12:45:02.403Z According to our theoretical software modeling, this design would suffice for controlling the flexibility of movement required to operate an exoskeleton with two legs and to restore autonomous locomotion in our patients. Coming Soon: Artificial Limbs Controlled by Thoughts 2012-08-29T11:15:00.213Z Yet most studies of the energetics and mechanics of locomotion in women and men found no such penalties for having a wider pelvis, the researchers report. Why Humans Give Birth to Helpless Babies 2012-08-28T16:45:00.217Z The Mars robot, which landed on the Red Planet two weeks ago, turned its six wheels briefly on Wednesday to satisfy engineers that its locomotion system was in full working order. Mars rover completes first drive 2012-08-22T19:03:30Z Horses show considerable variation in the pattern of locomotion. Mutations in DMRT3 affect locomotion in horses and spinal circuit function in mice 2012-08-29T17:51:50.993Z The rover is going to roll forward briefly to test its locomotion system in the next few days. Mars rover prepares to zap rocks 2012-08-18T01:07:44Z Standing an inch taller than the Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica, Mr. Heath was reported by The New York Times to have been "as quick in his locomotion as in his operation." DealBook: Wall Street's Race to the 48-Millisecond Trade 2012-08-15T16:40:19Z Given how difficult human birth is, one would think that if the pelvis could get bigger without compromising locomotion then it would–but it doesn’t, Rosenberg observes. Why Humans Give Birth to Helpless Babies 2012-08-28T16:45:00.217Z Watching a pigeon fly in 3-D slow motion takes you back to the photographic experiments of Eadweard Muybridge, who captured “animal locomotion.” | Connecticut: In James Nares’s ‘STREET,’ Taming the Galloping City 2012-08-12T00:20:42Z Mr. Bejan explained that the phenomenon conforms with the basic rules of animal locomotion: the smaller the body, the higher the frequency of motion and the slower the speed. Bodies Built for Gold 2012-07-27T01:18:28Z They perceive depth, and use that information to guide their own locomotion. "Blooming, Buzzing Confusion" - But Who Is Confused? 2012-07-26T16:45:00.240Z According to the analysis by Nicholas Longrich from Yale University and colleagues, Coniophis lived in a floodplain environment and "lacks adaptations for aquatic locomotion". 'Land not sea' origin for snakes 2012-07-26T11:27:16Z This proto-snake likely lived in a floodplain area and “lacks adaptations for aquatic locomotion,” the researchers noted. First Prehistoric Snake Slithered Out on Land-Not at Sea 2012-07-25T17:45:00.253Z The CPG is a neural network producing rhythmic signals that allow the body to generate the step cycle needed for locomotion. Leggy Robot (Almost) Moves Like Jagger 2012-07-06T11:45:00.223Z Like Ms. Franklin, Sebastian Brendel, the German canoeist, operates on the same principle of aquatic locomotion, though he is powering a boat instead of just imitating one. Bodies Built for Gold 2012-07-27T01:18:28Z “The apes beat us in leg strength, too, despite our reliance on our legs for locomotion.” Chimpanzee Infanticide at the LA Zoo: Common Occurrence or Cause For Alarm? 2012-06-29T17:45:05.837Z Reconstructing the inner ear canals of Aegyptopithecus zeuxis and other ancient primates is giving scientists new clues about their locomotion. Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates 2012-06-22T20:44:28Z A computational analysis of limb and body dimensions in Tyrannosaurus rex with implications for locomotion, ontogeny, and growth. Dissecting a crocodile 2012-05-24T17:15:07.103Z Certain members of the colony, on the other hand, go to the other extreme and divide up into bundles of from sixty-four to one hundred twenty-eight minute slender cells, each provided with flagella for locomotion. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Abundant on-track and off-track locomotion is necessary to condition a horse’s lungs and to provide the necessary resilience to withstand the rigors of racing. The Rail: Conditioning and Winning, Lasix-Free 2012-05-11T15:28:13Z The organization of these systems enables locomotion through reaction to the environment and integration of neural pathways. Machine Counterpart: Nature's New Creatures 2012-05-08T16:45:00.240Z These previously hidden passages reveal some surprises about the locomotion of extinct primates—including hints that our own ancestors spent their lives moving at a higher velocity than today's apes. Inner Ears Reveal Speed of Early Primates 2012-06-22T20:44:28Z The paths of reflex actions and of the will are followed up and disclosed; it is ascertained what region of the brain subserves the function of speech, what region the function of locomotion, etc. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The remaining cells of the body carry on the ordinary activities of the colony such as locomotion and nutrition and have ceased to take any part in the production of new colonies. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Barn design needs to provide both clean air and abundant locomotion. The Rail: Conditioning and Winning, Lasix-Free 2012-05-11T15:28:13Z He had known her for so long that he regarded her almost as if she had been a split-off portion of Minetta herself, that happened to possess its own apparatus of speech and locomotion. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z There are all races and all costumes, and all modes of locomotion. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Thus, locomotion may be effected by undulations of the whole body, as often in serpents and terrestrial vermiform animals. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The spermatozoa of most animals are of linear form, each with a head, a middle-piece and a long vibratile tail which is used for locomotion. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Genetic dosage, behavioral and physical development, socialization, training, and locomotion husbandry are the keys to racehorse soundness, lung health, stamina, and durability. The Rail: Conditioning and Winning, Lasix-Free 2012-05-11T15:28:13Z Plants, it is true, manifest motion, some few of them even locomotion; but in them it is believed that these phenomena are never due to the stimulus of sensibility. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z When one considers the long journeys they have been accustomed to undertake under the burning sun of India, the amount of suffering relieved by a mode of locomotion so cool and swift is beyond computation. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Thus, the most intimate relation exists between the form of the body and the manner in which locomotion has to be effected, whether by the whole body or by processes projecting from it. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z But there is something special about the full-throttle locomotion of the sprints. Track and Field Masters: Track and Field Masters: Bob Lida, 75 2012-04-02T05:48:03Z Veterinarians who manage racehorse health need to ensure that their patients are provided with adequate daily locomotion. The Rail: Conditioning and Winning, Lasix-Free 2012-05-11T15:28:13Z The subjection of the whole civilised world to a single rule removed the chief obstacles to locomotion. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Much is lost to age by our modern methods of locomotion. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z They were deserved favorites where indifferent stone or wood fences existed, since their power of locomotion was absolutely limited to their enclosures, if protected by a fence not less than two feet high. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Before the discovery of Malapa, paleoanthropologists did not have a single complete arm from an early hominin, meaning that the limb lengths that are used to reconstruct such essential behaviors as locomotion are estimates. First of Our Kind: Could Australopithecus sediba Be Our Long Lost Ancestor? 2012-03-20T15:15:04.437Z He discovered another means of London locomotion in the Underground Railway, and recovered his self-possession in that interest. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The Human Will": "The movements of touch and locomotion in the search for food are the first movements in which the specific animal-life may be recognized. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z This represents a weakening of the several functions, especially the circulation, respiration, and locomotion. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Divine authority does not say how snakes went about before this literal fall, whether on their heads or their tails, so that the method of their locomotion is not of faith. The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny 2012-03-14T02:00:26.310Z There are, it is true, more comfortable means of locomotion than the subway; there are conveyances less crowded, better ventilated, cooler in Summer, warmer in Winter. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z In their actions and locomotion they are more cautious, and frequently more dexterous, than when awake. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Robot locomotion is the Holy Grail of humanoid robot design. Cheetah robot breaks robo-speed record at 18 mph 2012-03-05T19:14:00Z The patient has all the appearance of being asleep, though motions, and even locomotion, are often possible, and are performed as if the patient were walking in sleep. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Formerly the greater difficulty of locomotion made it necessary that they should be actually in the midst of towns and cities, and to some extent this continues to prevail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The perching faculty, possessed in so eminent a degree by all Herons, probably attains its greatest perfection in this species, and is combined with locomotion in a unique and wonderful manner. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z It is a willingness, save the mark, which grows on the motorist with experience and familiarity with the new locomotion. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The plants, then, which in winter are unable by locomotion to keep themselves in health, are protected by the snow-mantle which chills the air for animals that can keep themselves in heat by exercise. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z This trembling becomes actual staggering, with a sense of oppression over the heart that makes locomotion almost or quite impossible. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z It was perhaps to avoid the necessity of locomotion, always painful to a Turk, that business has been concentrated within a defined space. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The terrible increase of Grandmama's powers of hearing and seeing might extend to new powers of locomotion in the middle of the night, in which case Viola would be no protection. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Moreover we were the first people to settle a land where modern methods of locomotion destroyed the use and wont of limited localities. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z A few days ago a colleague consulted me about a horse with a stab wound in the fetlock which would not heal, do what he would, and which rendered locomotion impossible. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z These spermatozoa have the power of locomotion in alkaline fluid. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The safety bicycle, with pneumatic tires, rendered cycling universally popular, not merely as a pastime but as a convenient means of locomotion for everyday use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z If the life of a man is occupied by labour, he does not require many rooms, much furniture, various fine clothes: he does not require so much expensive food, or locomotion, or amusements. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z The route being continued past Herne Hill Station, the train arrives at Dulwich, which we may recollect en passant as being the locality of Mr. Pickwick’s retirement, before the days of railway locomotion. Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z The first was extreme lassitude and loss of appetite, and apparently a continued fever, with an unlimited amount of pains and aches and a lassitude that limited locomotion. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Here, the frost seemed to enter one's very bones, and to make locomotion difficult.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This form is retained, with little alteration in some adult Copepoda, where the biramous “palp” still aids in locomotion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The organization then declared him ineligible based on findings that his “bouncing” locomotion was an advantage and that he required less oxygen and fewer calories than able-bodied runners going at the same speed. The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius 2012-01-19T03:30:23Z That the oyster is a sluggard and objects to leave his bed seems pretty generally admitted; but that he is endowed with the power of locomotion has, fortunately for science, been placed beyond a doubt. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z All true Manchus, however, prefer riding on horseback to any other mode of locomotion. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z These were very interesting, but the activity shown made me feel my age, and its one great infirmity, loss of power of locomotion. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In a few Ostracoda, by a rare exception, the masticatory process is reduced or suppressed, and the palp alone remains, forming a pediform appendage used in locomotion as well as in the prehension of food. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z There were several of us, and as my rate of locomotion was slow, by the time I had hobbled off the platform the one seat left was beside the driver. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z All were attired in silk, and most tastefully decorated with jewels; all had the usual painfully distorted small feet, which greatly interfered with their powers of locomotion. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z “The musculoskeletal system of humans is not tuned to maximize the economy of locomotion”. Walking or running efficiently, your locomotor muscles might not agree 2012-01-02T14:15:05.060Z It was a novelty for him, an interesting means of locomotion. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Mrs. MacCall continued to have her doubts regarding the safety of this strange means of locomotion. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z In contrast to this antiquated method of locomotion we are also shown the North Mail railway express approaching Carlisle at forty-eight miles an hour. Peeps at Postage Stamps 2011-12-23T03:00:15.610Z An expert in elephant locomotion, he had for years collected and preserved elephant feet—flesh and all—from animals that died in zoos. Elephants Have a Sixth 'Toe' 2011-12-21T19:02:00Z The calories burned over time are the result of the total metabolic rate of all the muscles that produce locomotion. Walking or running efficiently, your locomotor muscles might not agree 2012-01-02T14:15:05.060Z Soon there were many inquiries for this wonderful new aid to locomotion. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z She was just reckless enough to desire to try the new means of locomotion. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The reader must not imagine a continuous view, such as one would get through the window of a more civilized vehicle of locomotion. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Once the old skin has passed over the thick mid-body, the snake often crawls forward using rectilinear locomotion until the skin is completely shed. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z The number of metacarpals and digits diminishes in proportion as the limbs cease to be organs of prehension, and become more exclusively organs of support and locomotion. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z She was an uncommonly handsome infant, scarcely older than her white foster-brother, but greatly in advance of him in her powers of locomotion. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z It is true that in Chloëon the vibration of the branchiæ is scarcely, if at all, utilized for the purpose of locomotion; the branchiæ are, in fact, placed too far back to act efficiently. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z In those countries where Time has become master he develops a system of locomotion to which you must conform or lose its benefits; it will not accommodate itself to you. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z Rectilinear locomotion is more useful to large, thick-bodied snakes which use this method of progression, chiefly when they are prowling and unhurried. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z This implies covering long distances; and the extreme difficulties of locomotion on the Spanish cordilleras forbid this. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z It seems this is the only means of locomotion. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Thus a division of labour would be effected; the branchiæ on the thorax would be devoted to locomotion; those on the abdomen to respiration. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z Systems of locomotion, for instance, spring up in answer to a preliminary wish in your brain; and their existence being solely due to you, it is possible to use them when and where you will. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The other two types of locomotion, sidewinding and concertina, have not, to my knowledge, been observed in the cottonmouth. Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia) 2011-12-17T03:00:17.963Z In a wide and wild land, where distances are great and the heat greater, where roads, rail, and bridges exist not, the saddle is the only means of locomotion. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The vehicle which we had chosen was a stolkj�rre, and I must here explain some of the difficulties of locomotion peculiar to Norway. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z We pleaded the extreme heat of the day, which had made dreadful the idea of visiting and of locomotion of any sort. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It had left him clear in mind, but a permanent invalid, with little power of locomotion. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Indeed, they seem to have gone wherever there was means of locomotion, or a knowledge of the existence of a people. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The breed is noted to have locomotion difficulties, breathing problems, an inability to mate or give birth without assistance. Can the Bulldog Be Saved? 2011-11-23T06:55:18Z Its powers of locomotion are considerable, as it is strong in flight, active on the ground, and as a climber is surpassed by few rivals. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z I’m now a respectable American citizen, and for the future I’m going to confine my locomotion to the well-known earth. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z She resolved to endure with as much calmness as she could command till the time arrived when, at least to some extent, she should again be mistress of her own powers of locomotion. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Ladybirds, cockchafers, and others of the class allied to the scarabseus that was almost deified in Egypt, have six legs, two wings, and two wing cases—ten means of locomotion in all. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It measured the efficiency of locomotion of various species on the planet. The Lost Interview: Steve Jobs Tells Us What Really Matters 2011-11-17T16:05:22Z In locomotion it makes more use of its feet than its wings, and when put up is never induced to perch on a tree. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Some plants, like animals, shrink at the touch; while others have the power of locomotion. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z In locomotion the orang disdains the earth and perambulates the vernal terraces of the forest trees. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z While the limbs are highly-differentiated implements which the Cerebro-Nervous organism has developed in the Vitative organism; to serve it with means of locomotion and of action, for the achievement of intelligent purpose. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The stones are so sharp and pointed that in parts you have to skip from one to the other, like a bear dancing on hot iron—an original but ungraceful method of locomotion. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Their vocation on shore is, however, but a temporary one, and requires no great amount of locomotion. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Throughout his school life and his three years at Cambridge, he had never quite let go of Blessington's hand, which had been the first to direct and sustain his tottering attempts at locomotion. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z They live in the tops of trees, in large companies and possess marvellous powers of locomotion, swinging themselves from tree to tree with such rapidity as to baffle all pursuit. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z He tried all the signals for forward locomotion that he could devise. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z If e'er aggrieved, attacked, accused, A sire may claim a son's devotion To shield his innocence abused, As old Anchises freely used His offspring's legs for locomotion. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z I have seen at least two of these old-time machines of locomotion. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z There is no accounting for people's tastes, and I let her please herself in her manner of locomotion. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Horses do not live, and all wheeled traffic is done by manual labour—hammocks and sedan-chairs are the customary means of locomotion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z But a horse was a thing of independent locomotion, not to be trifled with. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z "What a blessing this mode of locomotion would be to humanity," I murmured. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z When these synchronous movements and the successive attitudes they occasion are understood, we at once see the simplicity of animal locomotion, in all its various types and alternations. The Attitudes of Animals in Motion Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope 2011-10-15T02:00:30.240Z Now the national economy struggles for concentration; the great means of locomotion in our day, always rapidly increasing, destroys the boundaries of time and space, those powers which separated different societies. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z Walking is a much neglected form of exercise which, in these modern days with our thousand and one means of locomotion, is becoming almost extinct. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z The mode of locomotion, thanks to Andy's ready skill, was comparatively simple. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z This brief halt in the march forward was very agreeable, for it gave me an opportunity to try my own powers of locomotion, so little used since leaving Boston. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The young consume food voraciously, and the perfect insects are not only still more hungry, but, having increased powers of locomotion, they are more widely destructive. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z In one of his patents he described a steam locomotive; but he offered little encouragement when his chief assistant, Murdoch, who was the inventor of gas lighting, made experiments with steam for locomotion. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z This modification of the forelimb in T. ornata has produced a more rigid, stronger manus that is well adapted to the requirements of burrowing and to locomotion over unyielding substrata. Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz 2011-10-01T02:00:30.200Z The disuse of the wherry for locomotion destroyed this nursery; we have already shown that our later professionals are as a rule neither London watermen nor Tyne keelmen. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Once, in the Arizona mountains, I was carried an entire week in a similar contrivance, and never enjoyed easier locomotion—so long as the mules behaved. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z But perhaps the pleasantest method of locomotion is by caik—that daintiest of all boats that float on the surface of the waters. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z This ample and direct presentment of the joys of action and locomotion seems to us to impart to these two works a truly national and English tone. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z The thigh muscles control locomotion; how we walk or run. Leg press the best of the gym 2011-09-12T15:08:04Z He was called into existence for the purpose of locomotion, and race-rowing was a very secondary consideration with him in the first instance. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Entering now, therefore, on the contemplation of animal life, regarded as a higher order, distinguishable from vegetable life, we have the outstanding characteristics of sensibility and locomotion. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z A mirage of cool trees and sparkling pools may inspire tired travellers in a desert to renewed efforts of locomotion. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z Apes, on the other hand, have long fingers for grasping branches and locomotion. Pieces of the Human Evolutionary Puzzle: Who Was Australopithecus sediba? 2011-09-09T23:15:05.257Z Several yanks were required to hoist the horse into a position appropriate to locomotion, and when action was achieved the animal started as if walking on eggs. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Fortunately, in savage life still extant on the habitable globe we have the survival of many, if not of all, the earliest types of locomotion. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z They had witnessed many flights, and in common with the generality of progressive Americans, knew the general principles of aërial locomotion. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z He therefore reasoned, that if the annoyance were actually escaped by mere locomotion and change of scene, it obviously could not have originated in any supernatural agency. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z This style of locomotion is adopted only when the animal is suddenly started. Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life 2011-08-23T02:00:29Z The head bears the principal sense organs; the thorax, the organs of locomotion; and the abdomen, the organs of reproduction. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The larger vessels are all fitted with sailing gear, and the rowing is evidently subsidiary to the sail as a means of locomotion. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z In the locomotion of human machinery the heart is the motor. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z How many stout puffy gentlemen must envy this process; how convenient to have two thin lively specimens of humanity made out of one too obese for locomotion. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z Inventions are multiplied, methods of locomotion and transportation are discovered, and the difficulties of space and time are steadily minimized. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z If it were not for the tramcars, which are numerous and cheap, and the conductors of which are uncommonly civil and well-behaved, locomotion would be impossible. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z The London Backward Run is just the latest manifestation of a growing trend in oddball locomotion: backwards running. Some weekend reading for you 2011-07-22T21:15:03.860Z In the interests of locomotion and trade, two or three associations had attempted to get this pernicious tax repealed, without success. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The little globes rolled and whirled about without the faintest indication of a purpose, and without exhibiting any instrument with which their locomotion was effected. Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations 2011-08-01T02:00:12.067Z If this system of aquatic locomotion could be instituted now, it would supersede all lifeboats. Ludicrous Aspects Of Christianity A Response To The Challenge Of The Bishop Of Manchester 2011-07-22T02:00:20.277Z It was better to continue this mode of locomotion as long as possible, or until we were carried as near Chattanooga as it was prudent to venture. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z Owing to the limited space at times and cramped manner of locomotion it required the services of four men to carry the camera and accompanying necessities. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z Before it stood a sentry, and at the entrance was also a porter who rang the bell if a visitor came in a sedan-chair—the favourite means of locomotion. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Special provision was made for locomotion in the grounds themselves by a continuous travelling platform and an elevated electric railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z They are beings occupying a place between man and spirits, resembling men and women in their organization and form, and resembling spirits in the rapidity of their locomotion. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z They swarmed everywhere; indeed, at times there was little more than comfortable standing room, and the only locomotion possible seemed to be that directed towards the cabins fore and aft in pursuit of bottled beer. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z There is not one of the above judiciously summarized characteristics that is not supplied by the great calamary, and its ascertained habits and peculiar mode of locomotion. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Melancholy treadmill and mockery of locomotion as was this parade, still it was not wholly without its attractions. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z When Philip’s ankle had improved sufficiently to admit of moderate locomotion it was Laura who had been his constant companion during his earlier and experimental hobbles. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Then ensued a race of soul and legs, until to-day automobiles, steam cars, and every means of swift locomotion are but the augmented legs of man. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z It is obvious that this practice is incompatible with walking; locomotion can only be associated with a spindle suspended by the thread, and whirling free above the ground. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z As our means of locomotion, Year by year, more deadly grow, We shall think with fond devotion Of thy stately gait and slow. The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z It consists of simple food, clothing, and habitation, with their seeds and materials, or instruments and machinery, and animals used for necessary draught or locomotion, etc. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z It was Ben Brokaw who was hurrying down to her, his long arms hanging and his body bent, his usual position when running and which was oddly suggestive of primordial locomotion. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The growing man soul is still in quest of swifter means of locomotion, and as these appear society is changed to its very foundations. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The loss, in which he produced 30 aces but went 0 for 9 on break points, caused him to look hard at his locomotion. A Solitary Victory for Fish at Wimbledon 2011-06-25T19:08:01Z Although habitually anchored by the end of the body furthest from the mouth to extraneous objects, they possess considerable powers of locomotion. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z What a sad thing it was in the midst of all our ecstatic enthusiasm, to be obliged to descend to the vulgar concerns of locomotion, and to be crossed and thwarted at every step. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A Tobacco-Tin Defying Gravitation That phenomenon known as "magnetism" is due to the steady locomotion of electrons, as explained in the text. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z Galambos initially used this method to study the physiology behind earthworm locomotion, but he soon began using these electrodes to record neuronal activity from brains of living animals to study hearing. What bats, bombs, and sharks taught us about hearing [Video] 2011-06-14T12:15:00.407Z Lastly, we sometimes have impressions or footprints representing the locomotion of fossil animals, rather than the fossils themselves. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z It is not found generally, that the improvement of machinery, and of means of locomotion, among men, produces an improvement in morality, nor even an improvement in intelligence, except as to particular points. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z Railways and steam-engines may not be objects of beauty, but until they find swifter means of locomotion and production men will use them. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Belief in god never helped a man to supersede the sailing vessel by the steamship, the old coach by the railroad, the scythe by the reaping machine, nor the fastest locomotion by the telegraph wires. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z Even locomotion in them is often embarrassing, especially when the upholsterer has been allowed carte blanche. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Though these animals were strictly reptiles, they combined in their structures contrivances for aërial locomotion now distributed between the bats and the birds. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The bicycle, he says, is no more than a perfect means of locomotion. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Q. Do you consider that your mind would derive much benefit from your rapid locomotion? Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z London empties itself on this all-important day, and proceeds to Epsom by every possible means of locomotion. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z I is large, 'tis true, but I is light to locomotion, and brokerage is never been one of my failures. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z But the ballistic roll is a bit uncontrolled, so it is not useful for everyday locomotion. Flexible, rolling robot copies caterpillar's escape mechanism [Video] 2011-04-26T23:45:05.223Z The pursuit was better carried on in darkness, and I had by this time become accustomed to rapid locomotion through unlighted passages. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z The great advantages exhibited by these vessels over the paddle-steamers of the time did for screw-propulsion what Stephenson’s locomotive—the Rocket—did for railroad locomotion ten years earlier. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z For the time he has parted with the nobler characteristics of his humanity for the sake of a planetary power of locomotion. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z Because we travel faster than our fathers, do we frown upon all improvements in locomotion? Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Nothing quainter or more picturesque can be imagined than this, to European ideas, queerest of methods of locomotion. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z He classified the nerves into nerves of sensation and of locomotion, and, it is said, almost stumbled upon the discovery of the circulation of the blood. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The application of steam to locomotion on the common road was much more successful in Great Britain than in the United States. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z What effect the superadded security of the Vice-President might have had upon the patient's powers of locomotion, we really cannot say. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The bird’s keen running ability makes it a favorite among researchers studying locomotion, but the Clemson research takes it a step further. Well: Birds Show Humans How to Avoid Falls 2011-03-30T17:15:51Z Though not unconscious of the mechanical act of walking, her sense of locomotion was practically suspended. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The agitation of his mind impelled him to physical locomotion. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Lameness there would always be, but the nurse was certain that the power of locomotion would be recovered. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z |
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