Study: Learning to Run Propelled Evolution
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SALT LAKE CITY Nov 18, 2004 - New research suggests that developing the ability to run long thought to be a byproduct of walking for early man was actually an instrumental step in the evolution of people from ape-like creatures into what we know today
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Mice which can run almost twice the distance of normal mice have been genetically engineered by US scientists. &quot;This is the first animal engineered for increased endurance,&quot; says Ronald Evans of the Salk Institute
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A new "resilient robot" can change how it walks in response to damage&#8212;perhaps in the same way newborns learn to walk, scientists say.
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We are born to run. According to new research, our bodies are highly evolved for running long distances, an ability that allowed our ancestors to conquer the African savannahs.
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How did organisms get started in the first place? Share your wisdom on the Wired Wiki.
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Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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The sophistication of the human brain is not simply the result of steady evolution, according to new research. Instead, humans are truly privileged animals with brains that have developed in a type of extraordinarily
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Driving a race car takes more than good hand-eye coordination and the stomach for G-forces. It also takes a truckload of high-tech gear.
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Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps because it's just plain easier. Make that "energetically less costly," in science-speak, and you have the conclusion of researchers who are proposing a likely reason for our modern gait.
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The natural world was the focus of much nanotechnology and energy research. Robots, meanwhile, were learning to mimic crabs and bees.
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Several research teams are developing robots made of smart building blocks that can morph into different forms to perform a broad variety of tasks. The bots are to be used in space missions and in search-and-rescue efforts. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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LONDON - It&#39;s our ability to run, not walk, that sets humans apart as the world&#39;s dominant species, researchers say. According to an anatomical analysis by two US scientists, we&#39;re built to run.
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NEW YORK  - Treadmill training with assistance of robot-driven leg supports, a device called the Lokomat, helps build muscle mass in partially paralyzed stroke patients, German researchers report in the February issue of Stroke.
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For your inner entomologist: Insects that appear plucked from a future in which artificial intelligence has triumphed over the natural world.
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Â· Ancestors learned to walk in trees, says UK teamÂ· Researchers base claims on watching orang-utans
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What can science tell us about why kids run and jump?
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Researchers are working on autonomous robots that eat to produce energy. The problem right now is that batteries are much better. By Lakshmi Sandhana.