Images: University of Hong Kong/Science Robotics Sun and his colleagues tested the mobility of the robots by injecting them into the yolks of anesthetized zebrafish embryos.
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Emily Waltz,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2018
Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
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Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
McSweeney’s language moves like a drugged animal in a fluorescent tunnel—half divine, half municipal.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Even though the detective is armed with hotel footage, Harrison tries to stay calm, downplaying his role as Foster’s bellhop and knowledge of the drugged woman Foster was parading around.
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