Researchers have worked out how shoelaces come undone. (Seemingly "knot failure" happens in a matter of seconds, and is triggered by a complex interaction of forces:  These include the stomping of the foot, which gradually loosens the knot.  The movement of the foot creates a whipping force which acts like hands tugging on the ends of […]

Go shoeless According to a study by Bournemouth University schoolchildren who don't wear shoes in their lessons are likely to obtain better grades and behave better than those who do. (Experts believe that by leaving their shoes outside the classroom pupils feel more at home, and relaxed. An added bonus is that it cuts down […]

According to a study carried out by home insurer MORE TH>N women are at their most fashionable around the age of 30.(By this time the average British woman owns 212 items worth around £7,658.  Their wardrobe usually consists of 166 items of clothing (including designer outfits worth £2,399, 7 pairs of designer shoes, costing £2,086, […]

This short story illustrates how different people can look at things in different ways.  Many years ago two salesmen were sent by a British shoe manufacturer to a far away land to investigate and report back on the market potential there. The first salesman reported back, "There is no potential here - nobody wears shoes." […]