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 ...

Imagine living sometime around the early 1600s. You're standing on the deck of a wooden ship. The wind's biting, the sky's endless. And your captain's yelling, "Drop the log!" Back then, before sonar ...

When did Grassley first raise concerns about The Knot? Grassley made his first enquiries about The Knot in March 2025 to the FTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission. USA TODAY Shopping: Shop ...

COULD BE APPROVED. NEW TONIGHT, IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY IS CALLING FOR A POPULAR WEDDING PLANNING WEBSITE TO BE INVESTIGATED. GRASSLEY SAYS THE KNOT IS DECEIVING PEOPLE WHO USE IT. GRASSLEY CHAIRS ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate wedding website The Knot for alleged fraud. The request follows what he says are nearly 200 reports from whistleblowers ...

After a year of testing, I discovered the diagram in my original GT knot article was wrong. Here’s the corrected version and a brief explanation why this knot still earns my full confidence. Now that ...

The French knot screams “effortlessly chic,” but perfecting it? Not always so effortless. Learning how to do a French knot hairstyle might take a little patience, but once you’ve got it down, the ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 years after Constance McCashin’s Laura was dramatically written off Knots Landing, her former costars are still uneasy about what transpired. Mills, Van Ark and Lee, who played Abby ...

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 ...

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A massive surge in Bitcoin Knots nodes hints at a brewing civil war in Bitcoin. If tensions escalate, the price could be the first casualty. Bitcoin Knots, first released by developer Luke Dashjr in ...