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When sperm are swimming far away from eggs, their flagella beat steadily with sinusoidal motions. However, for fertilization to occur, the sperm need to be hyper-activated. Hyper-activated sperm swim with vigorous, whip-like motions that gives them the force they need to penetrate the protective membrane of the eggs. Prior to Kirichock and Navarro’s research, which was published in the February 9 issue of the scientific journal Nature, the cause of this hyper-activation was unknown...
...this movie's writer and co-star and a first-time director, how nervous were you that you would crash and burn? Not at all. I grew up in Louisiana, where they throw you in a creek and say, "Swim...
Given that it's crowded with surfers and home to the Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona, on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon-like the triathletes do-in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries...
Given that it's crowded with surfers and home to the Ford Ironman Triathlon World Championship, it's safe to assume that there are lots of hungry folk in the town of Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii. But you don't have to swim across 3.8 km of ocean, cycle for another 180 km and then run a marathon - like the triathletes do - in order to work up an appetite. Merely spending a day on the beach or doing a spot of fishing will suffice. And when the hunger pangs strike, there are lots of friendly eateries...
...time rivals, defeated. A record that stood for seven years, overcome. To add to his already long list of accomplishments, senior co-captain Dave Cromwell of the Harvard men’s swimming team notched a Blodgett pool record for the men’s 200 backstroke Saturday. With a time of 1:44.93, he bested Charles Barnes of Brown’s 1999 record of 1:45.30 by .37 seconds, and led the Crimson to victories over both Princeton and Yale. “Dave has really wanted that pool record,” senior co-captain Bill Cocks...