This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I first heard about Born to Run, the Chris ...

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British Olympic runners could run more economically by just taking off their shoes, say researchers. Olympic runners could run more economically by just taking off their trainers, say researchers at ...

It was Daniel Lieberman, the barefoot-running evolutionary biologist from Harvard, who first got me thinking about impact forces. Back in 2010, he and his colleagues published a hugely influential ...

"What the--?" This was my first reaction to seeing a runner shod in barefoot attire. These shoes are shaped to the contours of a foot in the same manner that a glove fits the hand; each toe is ...

Running barefoot is better than running with shoes for your working memory, according to a new study. The study is the first to show that running barefoot leads to better cognitive performance than ...

The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, is the first study to assess the relevance of growing up shod vs barefoot on jumping, balancing and sprinting motor performance during ...

With the Olympics heating up and track and field events set to start next week, it’s an appropriate time to consider the most controversial debate in the running community: Should we lace up a pair of ...