As any coach or sports medicine expert will tell you, when an athlete receives a blow to the head, their saying that they feel OK doesn't mean that they don't have a concussion. Particularly in sports ...

Learning to ride a bike is one of the key landmarks in childhood. Regardless of whether your child is a natural on two wheels ...

Concussions in college and professional football are under the microscope more than ever these days, but they don’t seem to be slowing down in frequency. Nearly every game produces an incident where a ...

Though we have every reason to be cautious and cynical about everything the NFL tells us about new helmet technology, the broad exposure of football concussions should ultimately lead to sizable ...

On a day where the discovery of severe CTE in Aaron Hernandez's brain served as a sobering reminder of the dangers of football, news coming out of Brigham Young University paints a more optimistic ...

A typical bike helmet protects your head with polystyrene foam—the same cheap material used in coolers and old takeout packaging. In a crash, if the helmet fits properly, that foam can reduce the risk ...

Imagine that you drive a car straight into a building at 40 mph. Despite airbags and seatbelts, you’d probably feel lucky to be alive. But when an NFL wide receiver meets a safety head-on, we expect ...

Helmets could soon offer better protection while also being more comfortable, thanks to a new padding material developed by HRL Laboratories. It's claimed to be better than foam at withstanding ...

Contributing editor Megan Michelson is an award-winning journalist who covers travel and the outdoors for a wide range of publications, including Outside, The New York Times, and the San Francisco ...