In 1994, a yacht crewed entirely by people living with disabilities sailed the Sydney to Hobart. Three decades later, the ...

The art of tying knots goes beyond shoelaces. Delve into the physics and history of knots, and how our understanding of their security may be flawed.

Dubai - The Dubai Offshore Sailing Club (DOSC) recently celebrated a spectacular weekend of competitive sailing, hosting the Winte ...

We tie our shoes, we put on neckties, we wrestle with power cords. Yet despite deep familiarity with knots, most people ...

The knots ranged from one of the strongest basic knots in existence, the reef knot, to one so weak that it can unravel if ...

An experiment uncovers a new blind spot in our understanding of physical reasoning. Despite our everyday encounters with ...

Participants consistently picked the wrong knot, believing the weakest knots were the strongest. And for many among the few ...

Even our deep experience with knots from tying shoelaces and unraveling cords cannot overcome the deficit, though Croom guesses that a sailor or a survivalist whose livelihoods rely on knot ...

Two researchers from Johns Hopkins University have revealed that people consistently have a surprisingly hard time wrapping their minds around knots. Their findings, detailed in a September 23 study ...

A native of Mobile, Alabama, recently completed an intensive 10-week training program to become a member of the elite U.S.

Even our deep experience with knots from tying shoelaces and unraveling cords cannot overcome the deficit, though Croom guesses that a sailor or a survivalist whose livelihoods rely on knot strength ...