Let me start by saying: No, you are not required to have a goal of running faster in order to call yourself a runner. But plenty of runners, including myself, do train to get faster. And here’s the ...

This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. After a slip on the ice, a sports injury, even surgery, most people’s ...

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Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the ...

There are all sorts of running goals—conquer a marathon, get out three times a week—but one of the most significant performance-based goals is to Get Faster! Let’s face it: Most of us, unless we’re ...

Our public spaces are now awash with wireless internet. Make sure you’re getting the most out of every connection. It's no longer difficult to find Wi-Fi when you leave the house. Hotels, restaurants, ...

Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed ...

Investors are deciding within 15 minutes whether to shovel millions into A.I. start-ups and taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to get deals done. Colin Roberts, left, and Vivek Nair ...

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TAVR stands for transcatheter aortic valve replacement -- a life-changing, minimally-invasive heart procedure that helps patients feel better -- faster. Dr. Joseph Walsh, a Structural Heart ...