Sperms were thought to move by wiggling their tails side-to-side, like eels, for 350 years. But research shows that they roll as they move forward like a spinning top. @googlefactss #studies #journals
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Sperm fooled scientists for 350 years – they spin not swim
By Hermes Gadêlha, Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Data Modelling, University of Bristol Sperm is critical for the fertilisation of almost every living organism on our planet, including humans. To reproduce, human sperm have to swim a distance…