Learn how to tie the Alamar Knot, a decorative double loop knot traditionally used in horse tack and equestrian setups. This step-by-step guide highlights its practical applications and elegant design ...

Discover the strongest and most visually striking loop knot you probably haven’t tried: ABOK 1032, featuring the Chinese Crown and Chinese Cross Knot. This knot combines exceptional strength with ...

Those who follow Nandini Somaya Sampat’s social media posts will mutually agree that it’s an inspiring mix of her achievements as a successful, architect and urban planner, as well as of a serious ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

Sound Judgment: “A lot of people didn’t use our products for protection, but for comfort,” says, Loop CEO Dimitri O (right) with cofounder Maarten Bodewes, “comfort that they get through control over ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate The Knot Worldwide after his office received dozens of new complaints accusing the wedding planning site of ...

After numerous leaks and hints, Polar has officially revealed its screenless fitness tracker, Loop. The all-new wearable is essentially a slightly tweaked, consumer-facing version of last year’s B2B ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

Why is untangling two small knots more difficult than unravelling one big one? Surprisingly, mathematicians have found that larger and seemingly more complex knots created by joining two simpler ones ...

Larry Fulton's hands just twisted the fishing line around a few times, he put the tangle up to his mouth and suddenly he had tied a perfect loop to attach a jig to the line.

Not all DNA looks like the familiar double helix. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes under certain conditions. One such structure known as a G-quadruplex (G4) looks like a ...