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Forget moon walking. Scientists want to give moon running a try 

The work aims to counteract low gravity's effects on the body 

In this gif, a man in a white shirt and hat is running along the interior wall of a wooden cylinder in an attempt to emulate low-gravity exercise on the moon.

Exercise physiologist Gaspare Pavei races around the interior of a structure called the Wall of Death, generating enough centrifugal force to keep him on the wall. The technique could one day be helpful for people living on the moon.

Alberto Minetti Lab

By Meghan Rosen

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It was a dreary, drizzly day near Parma, Italy, when two scientists first took on the Wall of Death.