A tourist died after the safety rope of a "cliff swing" at a Chinese tourist attraction came loose, causing the rider to fall ...

“Rope worms” may simply be shed pieces of intestinal mucus. Mucus can be more common with certain health conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer. While some people believe ...

Winter wants you to fail. It’s cold, it’s dark, there are cookies everywhere. And thanks to those well-intentioned resolutions, there are now goals to fall short of. Reports indicate that as many as ...

A rope burn is a type of friction burn. It’s caused by the rapid or repeated movement of coarse rope rubbing against skin. This abrades the skin, resulting in: redness irritation blisters bleeding ...

THE JUMP ROPE is one of the best total body workouts to stand the test of time. Simple in practice, the jump rope works almost every major body system simultaneously. The cardiovascular and ...

If you haven’t picked up a jump rope since your school days, you’re in for a surprise. Jumping rope packs the same intensity as an 8-minute-mile run or a 20-mile-per-hour bike ride. There’s a reason ...

Rope and twine are critical components in the technology of mobile hunters and gatherers. In exceptional cases impressions of string have been found in fired clay and on rare occasions string was ...

Andrew McGowan studied at Bowdoin College and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Hs has served on programming and judicial teams for several film festivals, and has written about cinema ...