White House legislative director James Braid is leaving his post, Vice President Vance announced on Thursday. Braid’s departure comes ahead of November’s midterm elections and at a time when President ...

James Braid, the top White House aide in charge of liaising with Congress, is leaving the administration, according to a person with knowledge of the transition, granted anonymity to discuss private ...

In the 1930s Werner Burau, a German mathematician, introduced a twisted geometrical mystery that would stand for nearly a century. Previously, mathematicians had shown that knots could be reformulated ...

DUTY ROPE, A CAREFUL WEAVING OF ENGINEERING AND ART. THE ART OF WHAT WE’RE DOING IS PULLING TOGETHER THE RIGHT MATERIALS AND THEN OPTIMIZING THE WAY WE TWIST IT, RESULTING IN A STRENGTH THAT HAS KEPT ...

If you haven’t heard, bobs are all the rage this spring—and for protective style devotees, the braided bob is the next move. Perfect timing, if you think about it, as vacation season is around the ...

Learn which manufactured weak ropes are approved for use under the 2021 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan modifications The modifications remove the requirement for weak link at buoys and other ...

Necrobotics is a field of engineering that builds robots out of a mix of synthetic materials and animal body parts. It has produced micro-grippers with pneumatically operated legs taken from dead ...

The 'Becoming' author didn't want her hair to be a "distraction" during her time in the White House. Michelle Obama shared the unexpected, yet powerful, backstory behind her new signature hairstyle.

Investigating solar corona structures has led Paul Bellan, Caltech professor of applied physics, and his former graduate student Yang Zhang (Ph.D. '24) to discover a new equilibrium state of the ...

In “Rope,” Tim Queeney makes a case for the humble material as the tie that binds human history. By Sam Kean Sam Kean is the author of seven books, including “Dinner With King Tut,” “The Icepick ...

Among all the custom touches bikers add to their motorcycles, one of the most eye-catching could be the long, braided rope hanging from the handlebars. They are known as the "Get Back Whip." These ...