{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f1f67000d9130011234429/66f731d02750688fd047bf87?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mushroom Robot, Horse Smarts, Strongman Muscles","description":"<p>Today, you’ll learn about the mushrooms that are controlling the movements of robots, how horses might be a lot smarter than we thought, and what makes a strongman… strong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mushroom Robot&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencealert.com/engineers-gave-a-mushroom-a-robot-body-and-let-it-run-wild\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Mike Grace. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Mushrooms as Nature’s Alchemists: Cycles, Connections, Healing, and Vision.” <a href=\"https://thedruidsgarden.com/2023/04/23/mushrooms-as-natures-alchemists-cycles-connections-healing-and-vision/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Dana O’Driscoll. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Fungi May Be Communicating in a Way That Looks Uncannily Like Human Speech.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencealert.com/fungi-communicate-with-patterns-that-look-uncannily-like-our-own-speech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by David Nield. 2022.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“‘Cyborg Soil’ Unearths a Complex Web of Hidden Microbial Cities.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencealert.com/cyborg-soil-unearths-a-complex-web-of-hidden-microbial-cities\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Edith Hammer. 2021.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Mushrooms Appear to Have Electrical ‘Conversations’ After It Rains.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencealert.com/mushrooms-appear-to-have-electrical-conversations-after-it-rains\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Russell McLendon. 2023.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Sensorimotor control of robots mediated by electrophysiological measurements of fungal mycelia.” <a href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adk8019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Anand Kumar Mishra, et al. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Horse Smarts&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Horses can plan ahead and think strategically, scientists find.” <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/12/horses-can-plan-ahead-and-think-strategically-scientists-find\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Donna Ferguson. 2024.&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows.” <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy4j4kkxd8o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Jacqueline Howard. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Whoa, No-Go: Evidence consistent with model-based strategy use in horses during an inhibitory task.” <a href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159124001874\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Louise Evans, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Strongman Muscles&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Strongman’s muscles reveal the secrets of his super-strength.”<a href=\"https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/eddie-hall-muscle-strength-extraordinary/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> by Paul McClure. 2024.</a> \t&nbsp;</li><li>“11 Things That Weight [sic] Around 1000 lbs (pounds).” <a href=\"https://weightofstuff.com/things-that-weight-1000-pounds/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Niklas. 2024</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>“Muscle and tendon morphology of a world strongman and deadlift champion.” <a href=\"https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00342.2024\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">by Thomas G. Balshaw, et al. 2024.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Discovery"}