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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🧬 #Apollo #astronauts preferred skipping on the #Moon, a gait adults rarely use on #Earth.

    Researchers found that #mice adopt the same skipping gait in simulated lunar #gravity, but lose it when their #proprioception cells are disabled. The gait may offer a useful speed stability trade off on uneven low gravity terrain.

    👉 science.org/content/article/bu

    #locomotion #biomechanics #neuroscience #science #space #nasa #artemis #rodents