The complex forces exerted on our laces act like an invisible hand out to trip us up, a finding that could solve mysteries beyond our feet. Eric Mack Contributing Editor Eric Mack has been a CNET ...

A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied. It’s a question that everyone asks, often after stopping to retie their shoes, yet one that ...

Even if you don’t wear lace-up shoes regularly, you are probably still quite familiar with the experience of a knot in your shoe string coming undone, irrespective of how well you thought you had tied ...

Laces from paracord are durable and lend style to an otherwise shabby pair of boots. (Photo by Jess Mancini) You’re tying your shoes and that last tug breaks the lace. When it happens to me, I utter ...

Photo by brennaval/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 One of the first lessons you learn growing up is how to tie your shoe. And during that time, you also learn that your shoelaces will eventually come untied.

A new UC Berkeley study tries to answer the oft-asked but previously unstudied question: why do my shoes keep coming untied? A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your ...