NRL player Tom Trbojevic has tied the knot with his long-term partner, Kristi Wilkinson. The Manly Sea Eagles fullback ...

Whether you're dealing with heel slippage, instep pain, or bunions, there's a shoe lacing technique that can provide the ...

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 ...

Running is more than a sport for Mumbai-based architect Nandini Sampat. It has never been just about the distance but the "discipline, freedom, ritual and rebellion". "Running is personal, but it is ...

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 ...

Not sure if you caught it, but global pop icon Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are officially tying the knot. Like the rest of America, The Knot—the wedding planning ...

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 ...

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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 ...

We tie our shoes, we put on neckties, we wrestle with power cords. Yet despite deep familiarity with knots, most people cannot tell a weak knot from a strong one by looking at them, Johns Hopkins ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...