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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 ...

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Of the many devotions Pope Francis promoted during his pontificate, perhaps none is better known than his devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots (also referred to as Our Lady, Untier of Knots), whose ...

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We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Perhaps you know them by their specific names— the square, the figure eight, the fisherman, the sheepshank.