Learn how to tie the Water Bowline loop knot, a reliable variation that holds strong even on wet or slippery ropes. This knot ...

The Three-Part Crown Knot is an incredibly secure double loop knot, perfect for situations that require extra stability and strength. This knot creates a reliable, tight connection, often used in ...

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 ...

The improved clinch knot has long been the standard for tying lures to fishing lines. In fact, it's so universal among anglers that it's sometimes called the fisherman's knot. It's easy to learn, ...

THE Fisheries Department’s Fish Landing Statistics 2024 told us what many of us already know from hours at sea – the waters are alive with pelagic fish. These are fish that live in the open water ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Trump and his cabinet favor this style for their neck ties. By Jacob Gallagher Jacob Gallagher doesn’t wear ties; he just reports on them. On Tuesday, as news piled up about the Trump ...

So, you went and bought a mechanical dropper seatpost for your mountain bike, only to discover that smoother-moving, faster-acting electronic posts are now "a thing." Well, don't despair, as the ...