{"668069":{"#nid":"668069","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The evolution of blinking has eluded the research archives. Enter the mudskipper.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Seton Hill University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology looked to the mudskipper, the amphibious fish\u0026nbsp;that spends more than half of its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/planet-earth\/meet-the-mudskipper-the-fish-that-walks-on-land\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eadult life on land\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to study the evolution of blinking.\u0026nbsp;The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2220404120\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E, published in an April edition of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\u0022\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, suggests that blinking may be one of the overlooked and yet important traits that allowed for the successful transition to life on land. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Dunn Family Associate Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, was one of the researchers for the study.\u0026nbsp;(The study was also covered in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/highschool.latimes.com\/sage-hill-school\/a-fish-that-blinks-mudskipper-human-evolution\/\u0022\u003ELos Angeles Times High School Insider\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Seton Hill University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology looked to the mudskipper, the amphibious fish\u0026nbsp;that spends more than half of its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/planet-earth\/meet-the-mudskipper-the-fish-that-walks-on-land\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eadult life on land\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to study the evolution of blinking.\u0026nbsp;The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2220404120\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E, published in an April edition of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pnas.org\u0022\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, suggests that blinking may be one of the overlooked and yet important traits that allowed for the successful transition to life on land. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/simon-sponberg\u0022\u003ESimon Sponberg\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Dunn Family Associate Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, was one of the researchers for the study. (The study was also covered in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/highschool.latimes.com\/sage-hill-school\/a-fish-that-blinks-mudskipper-human-evolution\/\u0022\u003ELos Angeles Times High School Insider\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-06-12 15:09:26","changed_gmt":"2023-06-20 17:15:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/health\/2023\/06\/10\/mudskippers-why-we-blink\/stories\/202306110002","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"170414","name":"Simon Sponberg"},{"id":"192749","name":"mudskippers"},{"id":"3028","name":"evolution"},{"id":"192750","name":"blinking"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}