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Science News
October 31, 2008
Julie Rehmeyer |
Unknotting Knot Theory New techniques are beginning to unravel the mysteries of knots, revealing a great mathematical superstructure in the process   |
Science News
February 22, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Tangled Task of Distinguishing Knots Unlike a knotted piece of rope, a mathematical knot has no free ends. In this context, a knot is a one-dimensional curve that winds through itself in three-dimensional space, finally catching its tail to form a closed loop. |
Science News
August 20, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knotted Strings and Inca Accounts New computer databases are allowing searches for patterns that are starting to yield insights into the meaning of ancient knotted messages of the Incas and earlier societies in the Andean region called khipu. |
Science News
October 6, 2001 |
Knot Views Website on mathematical knots. |
Science News
October 14, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Knots in Proteins Knotted proteins are rare, but more than just random occurrences. The secret of spontaneous knotting lies in the mathematics of self-avoiding random walks. |
This Old House
April 12, 2000
Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk |
Knots Homeowners Should Know Unless you're a sailor or Boy Scout, there are only five knots you need to know how to tie. |
AskMen.com
March 7, 2003
Chris Rovny |
Your Guide To Tying A Tie There are well over a dozen different tie knots, including the diagonal, the Shelby (a.k.a. the Pratt) and the Onassis, just to name a few. Here are detailed directions for three of the most popular knots: the four-in-hand, the half-Windsor, and the Windsor. |
Science News
February 5, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knot Divided in Snow Mathematical forms are no longer unusual sights at the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and his team have carved huge blocks of snow into graceful geometric shapes. |
AskMen.com
Farah Averill |
Master Different Tie Knots Tips to take the terror out of tying that necktie. |
Wired
January 2007
Gareth Cook |
Untangling the Mystery of the Inca The ancient Andean empire built great cities but left no written records - except perhaps in mysterious knotted strings called khipu. Can an anthropologist and some mathematicians crack the code? |
AskMen.com
Michael A. Lubarksy |
How To Tie A Scarf Guys, here's our guide on how to tie a scarf, as well as our picks for the best jackets to rock each new stylish knot. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
Stephen Cass |
Thread-Bare Theories An interview with string-theory critic Lee Smolin about the challenges facing physics. |
Science News
September 24, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Tying Down a Random Walk If you've forgotten how to form a four-in-hand, take a lesson from retired mechanical engineer Seth Goldstein's necktie-maven "Why Knot" robot, now on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Or, view an on-line clip. |
Chemistry World
November 8, 2012
Laura Howes |
Self-tying trefoil knot If knotting up molecules is so difficult why not take a tip from nature and get the molecules to do the work for you? This is what Cambridge University researchers found when one of their molecules did indeed tie itself in knots. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Mark Anderson |
String Theory Made Easy Two books tackle one of the most complex theories known to man with surprisingly satisfactory results |
Boating
David Seidman |
Boating Knots How to tie the bowline, sheet bend, and clove hitch, useful knots for the boating enthusiast |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2013
Mike Sheppard |
Tie Knots Your outfit may be awesome, but it's the details that get noticed. No matter how nice your tie is, nobody will remember it if your knot looks like a pile of scrambled eggs. |
Wired
September 2006
Adam Rogers |
Physics Wars String theory was supposed to reconcile the subatomic world with the vast reaches of spacetime. Now Lee Smolin wants to unravel it. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2010
Kate McAlpine |
Closure on a knotty problem Nine years ago, Chris Hunter's group at the University of Sheffield in the UK reported that they could use a zinc ion to tie an open knot in a linear oligomer. |
