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squeaky sneakers - solved

From Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
Subject squeaky sneakers - solved
Newsgroups sci.misc
Date 2026-03-01 17:24 +0000
Message-ID <69a47649$3$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)

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From the «guessing it was the rubber soles» department:
Title: Harvard boffins finally crack the mystery of squeaky sneakers
Author: Lindsay Clark
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:50:11 +0000
Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/harvard_boffins_squeaky_sneakers/

Are they shoe-ins for an award? Hard to say

It is a sound evocative of high school: the characteristic squeak of
sneakers on a basketball court. UK readers may, however, be familiar
with the same sound from their trainers while playing badminton.…

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