Science
Sperm swim ‘like playful otters corkscrewing’ toward egg, scientist says – New York Post
“Sperm are very cheeky little creatures,” according to researchers.
The notion that sperm are joyfully tumbling and rolling toward the miracle of life is a fitting one.
But rather than oscillating from side to side like fish through the ocean, scientists have revealed that the male gamete actually twists and turns through space not because they’re excited, but due to their lopsided cellular structure.
Cutting-edge 3-D microscopy, which can record over 55,000 frames per second, has now revealed the previously held belief about the undulating left-right motion o…
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