It seems in ancient Greece there was a man named Gordias, who devised a rope knot so large and complicated no one could untangle it. The claim was that the person who could undo the Gordian knot would ...

It sounds like something you’d stumble upon if you went the wrong way at Hogwarts: oversized tools, giant knots, and rope as far as the eye can see. But for knot expert Des Pawson, it’s just normal ...

A knot made from gold that crosses over itself three times, known as a trefoil knot, is both the tiniest and tightest knot ever made. The knot contains just 54 atoms, including six gold atoms that ...