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 ...

Q A couple of disagreements. One, having taught in five English departments, I'm not sure you are right to describe bow ties as characteristically worn by English professors (and certainly not with ...

What does it mean to be a “best restaurant”? And what to make of a list as wide-ranging as this one? Can a storefront barbecue spot in Kansas specializing in turkey legs sit next to a tiny jewel box ...

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 ...

My grandmother's toxic character trait is thinking everything is spicy. Spaghetti bolognese? Boiling. Latkes? Hot and sizzling. In fact, I recently had an incident with her at a diner where she asked ...

Unconventional garlic knots, elevated brownies and more most impressed food writer Kara VanDooijeweert this week. This column publishes on Saturdays, and typically features standout eats from Morris, ...

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 ...

A video shown at an open house earlier this month for the North Park Blocks Extension project created a stir among those who viewed it. The video shows the most detailed conceptual rendering of a ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

The best detangling brush not only makes it quick and effortless to comb through large sections of hair, but according to celebrity hairstylist Marc Ballance, it can also “enhance shine and smoothness ...