Whipping his racquet through the air like a cesta in jai alai, Rafael Nadal produces such tremendous topspin that the ball sometimes seems to catapult off the court, creating a shot as challenging to ...

It sits in a Fells Point antique shop, a kitschy keepsake from a classic Baltimore restaurant. Haussner’s may be gone, but its jumbo ball of string rolls on. And it’s for sale — though, at 825 pounds, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. So much is made about the technology of tennis rackets. But don't ...

July 30 (UPI) --A trio of physicists at Ohio State University believe black holes are like "fuzzballs" with an insatiable appetite for matter. And according to their latest research, these fuzzballs ...

A wise man once said a world without string is chaos; and there is definitely no string shortage in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. This is due to the efforts of James Frank Kotera, or JFK as he liked to ...

Black holes aren't surrounded by a burning ring of fire after all, suggests new research. Black holes aren't surrounded by a burning ring of fire after all, suggests new research. Some physicists have ...

Deciphering a word written on a ball of string that then unravelled depends on the randomness of the rolling process, says one New Scientist reader. But why not try it for yourself at home? I would ...