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Canada’s Outdoor Ice Skating Rinks’ Days Are Numbered Thanks to Climate Change
Skating rinks are already open for fewer days in the year than they were just a decade ago
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People Tend to Run Marathons Before Big Birthdays
The search for achievement and meaning at the end of a decade increases suicide and cheating, too
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Outfitting Football Helmets With Magnets Could Reduce Concussions
Strong magnets can repel at least 300 lbs of force, preventing heads from colliding
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Like Ants, Small Backpackers Are Adept at Carrying Proportionally Heavier Loads
The weight a person or animal can carry does not increase uniformly with size
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Breaking Down the Science of the Stolen Base
What does it take to swipe second? Math and physics lend their advice
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In the Marathon du Medoc, Run 26.2 Miles—While Stopping to Drink Wine Along the Way
Like running? Like wine? Why not combine the two?
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The 10,000 Hour Rule Is Not Real
The biggest meta-analysis of research to date indicates that practice does not make perfect
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Pioneering Tennis Player Renée Richards Recalls the Glory Days of Wooden Rackets
After winning the New York State men’s title in 1964, Richard Raskind became Renée Richards and a civil rights icon
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Joe McConaughy Just Set a New Pacific Crest Trail Record
He finished all 2,660 miles, from Mexico and Canada, in 53 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes
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The World’s Longest Horse Race Is Going on Right Now in Mongolia
With wild horses, broken bones and treacherous terrain, this isn’t a steeplechase
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Barcelona’s Turning Its Old Olympic Stadium Into a Virtual Reality Themepark
At Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium, you can race a virtual Olympian
This Hiker Is Trying to Make It from Mexico to Canada in Just 59 Days
Hikers and runners are trying to cover the country’s longest, most iconic trails, faster than anyone ever has before
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Yet other researchers think that different factors, such as the quality and timing of practice, matter most
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Penalty cards are a surprisingly recent creation that were, perhaps unsurprisingly, inspired by traffic lights
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5 Diseases You Can Get From Being Bitten—By A Human
As Uruguayan soccer player Luis Suárez demonstrated yesterday, sometimes people bite others. Here are five diseases you can get from human chomps.
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Ball-Tracking Tech for (American) Football
The World Cup has its own system. But new technology could help spot the pigskin through a 10-lineman pileup on the gridiron.
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Other teams, however, are all in favor of pre-game sex
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RoboCup: Building a Team of Robots That Will Beat The World Cup Champions
By 2050, robotic experts at the annual world robotic’s championship hope to create a team of robots that can best the winning World Cup team
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When Did We Start Calling ‘Football’ ‘Soccer’?
“Soccer” isn’t an Americanism at all—it’s a British word
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Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins
Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine
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