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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/2026/0   
   /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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