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Dr Taylor Dick and her colleagues pulled the literal rug out from under people’s feet – and measured how they respond to sudden changes in ground height. More on the #UQ-led research: bit.ly/2pa5hLK

Cool article on perceptual animation inconsistencies in journal club this week. Found myself going down the rabbit-hole but discovered a sweet tool on soft tissue animation (MoSh) from Michael Black. How many biomechanists use this? Emeritus Professor Julie Steele AM youtube.com/watch?v=Uidbr2…

Highlight negative results to improve science - “we need more honesty” nature.com/articles/d4158…

HISTORY!

New BOOM episode out! With Professor Alena Grabowski & Roland Sigrist, organizer of CYBATHLON! Learn #biomechanics behind making the Olympics inclusive of para-athletes and get an inside scoop on Cybathlon 2020!... soundcloud.com/biomechanics-o…

Science hard, then play hard. CU Biomechanics intramural soccer team takes a 7-3 win (Civ. E. & Aerospace were good opponents). But there were casualties 😭. My trusty boots couldn't hang. Had them since '08. Nike any old Tiempos in storage you need to get rid of? #olderisbetter

Today, teaching our Comparative Animal Locomotion BSc3 students about scaling. Enter: the Cubic Cow!

New paper from the team: shorter or longer contact times, higher or lower leg stiffness - which is best for economy? 1/n free software: figshare.cardiffmet.ac.uk/articles/Softw… open access paper: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Does your scientific writing include classic storytelling elements? I've found the papers that stick with me read like stories with a main character (hypothesis) who experiences dramatic tension and resolution.

Adventures at the office

New paper out: "Habitual foot strike pattern does not affect simulated Triceps Surae muscle metabolic energy consumption during running" BenedicteVanwanseele Friedl De Groote @woutersinas jeb.biologists.org/content/early/…

How to hop - Lessons from kangaroos and kangaroo rats (Craig McGowan | TEDxUIdaho) ted.com/talks/craig_mc… via TED Talks

Dave Grohl on sesame street is all I ever need. m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…

I don't have a rubber ducky for debugging code, but Sackboy helps me edit comps. Does anyone else have a "work buddy" at their desk?

Many thanks to Leif Saul for this very cool infographic created following my recent visit to CUBoulderIPHY. #scicomm More of his work here: leifsaul.com

For Greta's birthday (and to destress from my comps studies), we went to visit cats at the humane society where we met Joseph. He's a cautious one, and liked to explore. But we think he… instagram.com/p/B8De_WMAGVvU…

Our very own @garebearbru will be teaching a tutorial on how to use GitHub for biomechanics collaborations and code reporducability with the Applied Biomechanics Lab's Ryan Alcantara. Congrats Gary and we look forward to learning from you!

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Pitch of the week with Ross Wilkinson: The Journal of Mulligan, where authors can rewrite and resubmit their very first published paper (and only their first paper) after a set amount of time. Probably not an original idea, but curious to see who would be interested.

New paper: Changing Stride Frequency Alters Average Joint Power and Power Distributions during Ground Contact and Leg Swing in Running. together with Ine Mylle @woutersinas Friedl De Groote BenedicteVanwanseele pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33935233/