{"612879":{"#nid":"612879","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What\u0027s the Use of a Horse\u0027s Tail?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Even a horse\u0026#39;s tail shouts out secrets,\u0026quot; says \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, who holds joint appointments in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. For the past few months, Hu\u0026nbsp;had been plagued by a simple question: What\u0026#39;s the purpose of a horse\u0026#39;s tail? Using biology and engineering, Hu and his team found the answer. Hu is also an adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-10-17 15:48:37","changed_gmt":"2018-10-17 16:40:06","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"work family interactions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/whats-the-use-of-a-horses-tail\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"612893":{"id":"612893","type":"image","title":"David Hu","body":null,"created":"1539794292","gmt_created":"2018-10-17 16:38:12","changed":"1539794292","gmt_changed":"2018-10-17 16:38:12","alt":"","file":{"fid":"233329","name":"2018 david-hu.sq250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20david-hu.sq250.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20david-hu.sq250.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":56585,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018%20david-hu.sq250.jpg?itok=6XE6wEQ6"}}},"media_ids":["612893"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"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":""}}}