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b'ENCORE\\xa0Whether they swim, slither, jump, or fly, animal locomotion is more than just an urge to roam: it\\u2019s necessary for survival.\\xa0Evolution has come up with ingenious schemes to get from here to there.\\xa0Hear how backbones evolved as a consequence of fish needing to wag their fins, and why no animals have wheels.\\xa0\\nMotion is more than locomotion. Test the physics of movement in your kitchen and find out what popping corn has in common with the first steam engine.\\nAnd while physics insists that atoms are always moving, find how what happens to these basic building blocks when placed in the coldest spot in the universe.\\xa0The Cold Atom Laboratory chills material to nearly absolute zero, creating some weird superfluid effects as atoms slow down.\\xa0\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\n Matt Wilkinson\\u2013 Zoologist, science writer, University of Cambridge, author of\\xa0Restless Creatures: The Story of Life in Ten Movements. Technology.\\n\\n\\n\\nHelen Czerski\\u2013physicist, University College London, author of\\xa0Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nAnita Sengupta\\u2013 Aerospace Engineer and project manager of the Cold Atom Laboratory at NASA\\u2019S Jet Propulsion Lab.\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'