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An Amherst theater company named Queer & Now will be combining drag performances, lip syncing to contemporary pop music, as well as dance, theater, and mythology from around the world this weekend at ...
Studying the skin of the great white shark could help reduce drag in aircraft High-ridged denticles reduce drag at low speeds; alternating ridges do so at high speeds.
A key factor to improve swimming performance is reducing resistance that water exerts on the moving body. This resistance, known as drag, is influenced by factors including the stroke rate ...
This is how a free-swimming marsh grass shrimp (Palaemonetes vulgaris) moves forward using metachronal locomotion to reduce drag.
Environment Animals Turtles and penguins have a swimming sweet spot that reduces drag Traveling at the surface just comes with too much pressure By Laura Baisas Published Dec 16, 2024 3:00 PM EST ...
Swimmers in open water races can reduce the amount of drag forces they experience by swimming behind or at the hip level of another swimmer ...
There was a time when sea monsters were real. Reptilian things with outsize necks slithered through the oceans, snapping up unfortunate prey in their jaws, though they had been long extinct by the ...
In swimming, humans try to achieve the greatest possible speed. However, the drag forces also depend on the speed. How much of an impact can small changes make?
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Scientists from the University of Strathclyde found that swimming in a line behind their mother helps to reduce drag, and actually propels the ducklings forwards.