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By Feb 8, 2021
Health

Why South Africa stopped using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Here’s everything you need to know this week.
By Jul 26, 2020
Technology

How different wheelchair designs can help Paralympians excel

Each sport requires different adaptations to the basic chair.
By Jul 10, 2020
Technology

Surfers are riding a wave of new technologies to their Olympic debut

As the sport takes its place in the Olympic lineup, biometrics and other types of data tracking help carve its...
By Jun 12, 2020
Science

The science behind sex, gender, and athletic competition is still pretty shaky

Joanna Harper’s work has catapulted her into a century-long debate about who gets to play women’s sports.
By Apr 3, 2020
Health

Will it be safe to hold the Olympics in 2021?

Uncertainty about this distant event highlights how much we still don’t know about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Dec 9, 2019
Science

Most people who dope aren’t Russian Olympic athletes. Here’s how the drugs work.

A brief primer in light of the recent WADA ban.
By Nov 20, 2019
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The complicated truth about testosterone’s effect on athletic performance

It’s hard to know exactly how much the hormone affects any given body, but what we do know suggests it’s...
By Mar 15, 2018
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Playing hockey on a sled totally changes the game

Para hockey has its own unique biomechanics.
By Feb 25, 2018
Health

Superstition keeps a lot of Olympians from boinking. But what does the evidence say?

Many of the Olympic Village's 110,000 condoms likely went unused due to superstition.
By Feb 24, 2018
Science

The Olympic sport most likely to kill you

It's probably not skeleton.