Britain needed a cheap, carrier-based counter to the Soviet Sverdlovsk cruiser, leading to the Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft. The jet was designed to fly over 550 knots at 50 feet to evade radar ...

A New Jersey mom was excited for her late-pregnancy appointment, not knowing it would be her last. Karen Brennan, 38, went to the doctors for a check-up when she discovered the devastating news that ...

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 ...

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, ...

It should come as no surprise that Liza Laserow Berglund is a self-described material nerd. The co-founder of Swedish textile brand Nordic Knots has built a sterling reputation for delivering ...

A new study challenges widespread notions about khipus, intricate cord and knot information-recording systems, based on Spanish colonial-era sources. Reading time 2 minutes The Inca were a ...

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During pregnancy, you are focused on counting down to the birth of your baby. However, there may be concerns that come up during ultrasounds that leave you with doubts and worries. While umbilical ...