Shoelace knots fail catastrophically, thanks to 7 gees' worth of stress
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2KC8E)
In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, researchers from UC Berkeley reveal that shoelace knots do not gradualy come loose, as was previously supposed -- rather, they fail catastrophically and suddenly, thanks to strange and surprising stresses that they must endure. (more")