His birth name was Rolihlahla, which means "troublemaker" in isiXhosa. We need more good troublemakers in the world these ...
From the Swiss laboratory of this French researcher have come the advances that have allowed about thirty people to walk again, demonstrating that his ambitious motto is a reality. Grégoire Courtine ...
The jail’s Romanesque Revival style, popular in the late 19th century for institutional buildings, gives it a castle-like appearance that stands in stark contrast to the modern structures surrounding ...
Kinetic energy has to do with the motion of an object—the faster it’s moving, the more kinetic energy it has. If you take a ...
Scientists have traced the genetic and molecular steps that allowed humans to walk upright. A Nature study reveals that the ...
In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one helps keep the body ...
Researchers studying fruit flies discovered that nerve cells sensing limb motion are turned off when the insect moves, allowing the brain to switch between stabilizing posture and enabling dynamic ...