Q: Optimal Footstrike For Shock Absorption If a runner lands on the balls of the feet instead of the heels, will the feet be able to help the legs absorb some of the shock of landing? If so, would it ...

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Even if an armored military vehicle isn't destroyed when a land mine detonates underneath it, its occupants can still receive traumatic brain injuries. Scientists at the University of Maryland are ...

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Carbon nanotubes have found use in everything from heart-rate-monitoring shirts to smart bandages to more efficient solar cells. Now, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used them ...

If your knees tend to get sore when you run, it doesn’t always mean you have to give up running for good — a better pair of shoes may help. When shopping for the best running shoes for bad knees, ...

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Slow-motion video of pecking by the pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus). The original video was recorded at 1600 frames per second. Credit: Robert Shadwick & Erica Ortlieb/University of British ...

Construction workers don gloves and earplugs when wielding jackhammers. Motorcyclists wear helmets when they ride. It stands to reason that woodpeckers would evolve some kind of comparable safety gear ...