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The tangled physics of knots, one of our simplest and oldest technologies

Margaux Lopez
SUEZ CANAL, March 29, 2021 -- Photo taken on March 29, 2021 shows the container ship Ever Given moving on the Suez Canal, Egypt. The traffic in Suez Canal resumed after massive container ship Ever Given has been successfully refloated as being stranded in the canal for almost a week, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority SCA said on Monday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa via Getty Images)

The Ever Given and the physics of big ships clogged the Suez Canal

Margaux Lopez