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But he said the sequencing center would eventually support itself on grants from the federal government and others.

When it gets where it needs to go, then it can support itself on robotic "legs," survey the area with a camera, shoot weapons and do everything a human soldier might do -- except bleed.

YC has to support itself on exits from its investments from here on out.

However, it sits with its legs extended outward, not cross-legged, and will often support itself on nearby branches.

Like other petrels, the European storm petrel cannot walk properly on land, but shuffles on its tarsi; once there is enough room, the bird flaps its wings to support itself on its toes.

Tiktaalik's pelvis is not attached to its ribs, an important feature that would help it support itself on land, where it could not depend on the buoyancy of its aquatic domain.

The museum is not yet supporting itself on admissions alone, and is seeking donations and starting a membership drive.

For Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, Ethiopia's plans mean that his extended family of 28, which supports itself on a 10th-of-a-hectare plot of corn, okra and eggplant fields, may go hungry.

While the company has largely been supporting itself on $15 million in outside funding to date with revenues from these content channels, it doesn't exactly lead to mind-boggling profit ability) either.

Once the primate infant has learned to support itself by standing on its own two (or four) feet, the physical phase of dependency is over; the next phase, psychological dependency, lasts much longer.

The film capacitor cannot support itself, but it can float on the water or exist by attaching on other surfaces (Fig. 1n).