Scientists discover what makes basketball shoes squeak on the courts, and celebrate their discovery by making music.

Squeak, a DJ and producer for the influential Saba-led Chicago hip-hop collective Pivot Gang, has died. The artist, born Javunte Wheeler but also known as SqueakPIVOT, was 26. Meanwhile, Squeak’s ...

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

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