New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate ...

Once a blip on the racquet-spec radar, string pattern has become an increasingly important—and complicated—consideration. Here are a few things you should know about strings before your next racquet ...

In 1979, the artist James Inoli Murphy tried out the idea of using string figures—those cat’s-cradle games of loops and knots—to teach math to recalcitrant students. “It is a pleasure, it is an active ...