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The average golf ball has about 300 to 500 dimples. These divots on the ball can have quite the impact on its trajectory—they optimize the air flowing around the ball by increasing the lift and decreasing the drag. In fact, if there were no dimples on a golf ball, it...

On the shoreline of an ocean or lake, you can often find pieces of driftwood. These particles may have floated hundreds or even thousands of miles to reach their destination on this particular strip of beach. Your big toe doesn’t need travel that far, but when it...

Pain is one thing. All of us deal with it at one time or another—headaches, bruises, sore shoulders or knees. You get the idea. But when your feet literally change shape over time, developing bumps and misalignments that weren’t there before . . . Now we’re talking...

Running is a popular activity, one that is quite natural for the human body. As a species, running was absolutely essential for our early survival. In fact, some current anthropological experts theorize that our endurance in long-distance running gave early humans an...

We might not think about it too often (if at all), but our feet give each of us the opportunity to do so much. Sure, standing and walking—to say nothing of running and jumping—are a given, but we even rely on our trusty lower appendages to operate the gas and brake...

Halloween is just the beginning. You’ll have all the trick-or-treat candy. And even if you don’t, the post-holiday candy sales will be staring you right in the face. You might have a week or two of smoother sailing after that, but then Thanksgiving rears its head,...

Kneecaps are the biggest sesamoid bones in your body. They are not connected to any other bone, they are simply connected to tendons or placed within muscle. Your knee cap is a lot bigger than the sesamoid bones in your foot, which are the size of a corn kernel!...

It’s hard to believe that kids have been back in school for more than a month now! Although the end of summer and return to structure can be tough for the little ones, hopefully they’ve settled nicely into their academic routines. And besides, with new sports to play,...

Drinking more water is sometimes easier said than done. However, there are a lot of things that can help make it easier. For instance, infuse your water with some mint, orange slices, or watermelon. There’s also an app called Waterlogged that can help you stay on the...