To answer that question, first we have to define what it actually means to "stop." Dean Karnazes holds the unofficial record for the longest run without sleeping, at 350 miles (56 ...

One year later, the Boston Marathon was founded, and with it the popularization of long-distance running in the U.S. began. To date, the fastest a human has been recorded running is Usain Bolt's ...

According to a press release from China’s Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, more than 12,000 human runners will square off against dozens of bipedal, humanoid robots from more than 20 ...

A strong, pliant foot is a runner’s friend. While it’s a moot point how you go about creating such a foot, certainly time ...

More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Cheetahs are the fastest land animal in the world. But did you know that humans can leave them in the dust? At least, in the long run. That's ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Olympic runners Usain Bolt and Wayde van Niekerk have nearly reached humankind's maximum running speed. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Sports Olympic runners ...