Your mighty tendons help you sprint, jump and move – a genetic mutation in one key protein may increase athletic performance

The discovery of the role that the protein Piezo1 plays in touch and body awareness won the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Piezo1 may also be a significant player in motor function.

Ryo Nakamichi, Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute • conversation
Sept. 28, 2022 • ~6 min

Super shoes: Explaining athletics’ new technological arms race

Endurance running is experiencing its 'marginal gains' moment.

Jonathan Taylor, Lecturer in Sport and Exercise, Teesside University • conversation
March 2, 2021 • ~7 min

'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus's spread.

Parker Crutchfield, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University • conversation
Aug. 10, 2020 • ~9 min

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