When coastal erosion was threatening an old lighthouse in Denmark, authorities had a brilliant idea: move it some 80 meters (263 feet) away from the North Sea.

According to local media outlet ABC Noticias, the boy fell about 12 meters — nearly 40 feet. J Cesar Sauceda wrote on Facebook that his younger brother had fallen into a lake and survived.

Christian Roberto López Rodríguez, 34, donned 2.76-inch stiletto heels and ran the 100 meters (328 feet) in 12.82 seconds. Rodríguez took the Guinness World Record from André Ortolf, ...

The record is 23.12 meters, or just under 75 feet. But could someone come along and put one even further? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez met up with Olympic record holder Ryan Crouser to find out why ...

Olympic track and field races span from 100 meters, or a quarter of a lap, to 10000 meters, which is 25 laps and 6.21 miles. Olympic track and field length An Olympic track is 400 meters around ...