Knots are not just for shoelaces and sailing lines. In the last decade, physicists have shown that swirling liquids can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the eighth film in his Mission: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. Tom Cruise’s "final" Mission: Impossible film, Mission: ...

This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. Fishing line has advanced remarkably in the past few decades. Nylon monofilament, fluorocarbon, and so-called “superline” give fishermen ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...