You know those mornings when your body feels like it’s auditioning for the role of the Tin Man? I’ve had my fair share, especially when I head out for a walk and realize my hips and hamstrings didn’t ...

Across the country, America’s suburbs are struggling with isolation, declining walkability, and communities built entirely around cars. Urban planners now argue that adding simple networks of ...

Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried several ways of walking before honing in on one strategy. When you purchase ...

In Europe and other spots around the globe, it’s common to see people striding around the countryside with trekking poles in hand. Many folks even click their way through city centers with these poles ...

Human remains discovered in Maine have been identified as a missing mom of two who was last seen walking barefoot down a road four months ago. Police revealed that the remains uncovered in Blaine late ...

"For the love of God, come home," Tomis Hoyt's aunt said shortly after she disappeared in July Aroostook County Sheriff's Office Tomis Hoyt was last seen in Maine in July — and was “believed to have ...

Everyone knows walking is good for you, and many of us count our daily steps. But is it better to take a longer walk than a comparable number of steps spread across the day? A multinational team of ...

New research suggests that taking 3,000 steps or more a day can lower the risk of cognitive decline, even in people who are high risk. More steps had even greater benefits. Researchers discovered that ...

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Ardi is the oldest known partial skeleton of a hominin and shows foot features that are transitioning from vertical climbing to bipedal walking. While Ardi has the primitive grasping big toe of the ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have taken a 2-0 lead against the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series as they look to get back to the World Series for the second consecutive season.

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. Travel involves two main expenditures of energy: fighting gravity and propelling ...