Tag: locomotion

  • Nation & World

    Hip correction

    A new study finds no connection between hip width and efficient locomotion, and suggests that scientists have long approached the problem in the wrong way.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    All goes swimmingly

    Using simple hydrodynamics, a team of Harvard researchers was able to show that a handful of principles govern how virtually every animal — from the tiniest fish to birds to the largest whales — propel themselves through the water.

    4 minutes