Jun 29, 2018
Do the Skull and the Head Have the Same Center of Gravity?
Many of our readers have contacted us about our recent blog post (June 17, 2018), which describes a simple experiment for locating the...
Mar 30, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: The Contractile Function of Muscle
Muscle contraction is produced at a molecular level by the interaction between the interdigitating strands of myosin and actin molecules tha
Mar 6, 2018
The Da Vinci Project, Part One. Basic Design Principles: Dynamic Opposition and Effortlessness in Na
Compression presses outward and muscles pull inwardly, the combined action creating direction of parts with a minimum of effort—a principle
Feb 15, 2018
Welcome to The Da Vinci Project: The Study of Our Human Anatomical Design
Far from being a defective design, our upright posture is amazingly subtle and complex and that, without it, none of our distinctly human ac