Muscles | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/muscles/RSS feed for MusclesenTue, 05 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000This New Bionic Knee Is Changing the Game for Lower Leg Amputeeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-new-bionic-knee-is-changing-the-game-for-lower-leg-amputees-180987097/Scientists have developed a prosthesis that is directly integrated with muscle and bone in order to improve movementTue, 05 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-new-bionic-knee-is-changing-the-game-for-lower-leg-amputees-180987097/Coyotes Might Make 'Puppy Eyes,' Suggesting the Facial Expression Evolved for More Than Just Cutenesshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coyotes-might-make-puppy-eyes-suggesting-the-facial-expression-evolved-for-more-than-just-cuteness-180985182/The wild canines have the same muscles used by domestic dogs to create the wide-eyed, pleading look that captures humans' heartsWed, 02 Oct 2024 19:22:16 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coyotes-might-make-puppy-eyes-suggesting-the-facial-expression-evolved-for-more-than-just-cuteness-180985182/What Does Human Flesh Taste Like? The Answer Depends on Who You Askhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-does-human-flesh-taste-like-answer-depends-who-you-ask-180949562/Cannibals have weighed in with different opinions. Some say it tastes like pork, while others say like veal—and still others say like nothing elseMon, 03 Feb 2014 15:13:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-does-human-flesh-taste-like-answer-depends-who-you-ask-180949562/Egyptian Mummy Dubbed 'Screaming Woman' May Have Died in Agonyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/egyptian-mummy-dubbed-screaming-woman-may-have-died-in-agony-researchers-hypothesize-180984825/The woman, preserved with an open mouth, went through an expensive mummification process 3,500 years agoFri, 02 Aug 2024 17:40:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/egyptian-mummy-dubbed-screaming-woman-may-have-died-in-agony-researchers-hypothesize-180984825/Could Running Around a 'Wall of Death' Help Astronauts Stay in Shape on the Moon?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-running-around-a-wall-of-death-help-astronauts-stay-in-shape-on-the-moon-180984266/Short sprints on these cylindrical structures, long used by daredevil motorcycle riders, might promote muscle mass and bone density in low-gravity conditionsWed, 01 May 2024 20:44:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-running-around-a-wall-of-death-help-astronauts-stay-in-shape-on-the-moon-180984266/Volunteers Are Spending 60 Days in Bed to Help Astronauts Stay Healthy in Spacehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/volunteers-are-spending-60-days-in-bed-to-help-astronauts-stay-healthy-in-space-180982238/For two months, the group of 12 men must eat, sleep, exercise, bathe and use the toilet while at least one shoulder is touching the bedWed, 24 May 2023 17:50:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/volunteers-are-spending-60-days-in-bed-to-help-astronauts-stay-healthy-in-space-180982238/For Men, Gains in the Gym May Come at a Cost to Spermhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/men-gains-gym-cost-sperm-180970129/There might be a tradeoff between how strong men look and sperm countMon, 27 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/men-gains-gym-cost-sperm-180970129/This Artificial Muscle Can Lift 1,000 Times Its Own Weight https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-designed-artificial-muscle-can-lift-1000-times-its-own-weight-180967354/They were inspired by origamiTue, 28 Nov 2017 21:52:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-designed-artificial-muscle-can-lift-1000-times-its-own-weight-180967354/How Artificial Muscles Could Transform the Lives of Some Military Veteranshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-artificial-muscles-could-transform-lives-some-military-veterans-180961173/From pig muscle, scientists are developing an organic material that may help heal volumetric muscle lossTue, 22 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-artificial-muscles-could-transform-lives-some-military-veterans-180961173/Ask Smithsonian: What Is a Dimple?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-what-is-dimple-180960272/Michael Jordan, Vanessa Hudgens and all those celeb dimples to die for? Just a result of a double zygomaticus major muscleTue, 30 Aug 2016 14:19:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/ask-smithsonian-what-is-dimple-180960272/