Understanding Elite Musculature: The Science Behind Extraordinary Strength

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.  

Mushroom Robot 

• “Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild.” by Mike Grace. 2024.  
• “Mushrooms as Nature’s Alchemists: Cycles, Connections, Healing, and Vision.” by Dana O’Driscoll. 2023.  
• “Fungi May Be Communicating in a Way That Looks Uncannily Like Human Speech.” by David Nield. 2022.  
• “‘Cyborg Soil’ Unearths a Complex Web of Hidden Microbial Cities.” by Edith Hammer. 2021.  
• “Mushrooms Appear to Have Electrical ‘Conversations’ After It Rains.” by Russell McLendon. 2023.  
• “Sensorimotor control of robots mediated by electrophysiological measurements of fungal mycelia.” by Anand Kumar Mishra, et al. 2024.  

Horse Smarts  

• “Horses can plan ahead and think strategically, scientists find.” by Donna Ferguson. 2024.   
• “Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows.” by Jacqueline Howard. 2024.  
• “Whoa, No-Go: Evidence consistent with model-based strategy use in horses during an inhibitory task.” by Louise Evans, et al. 2024.  

Strongman Muscles 

• “Strongman’s muscles reveal the secrets of his super-strength.” by Paul McClure. 2024.  
• “11 Things That Weight [sic] Around 1000 lbs (pounds).” by Niklas. 2024.  
• “Muscle and tendon morphology of a world strongman and deadlift champion.” by Thomas G. Balshaw, et al. 2024.  

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