Watch full episodes of the Science Channel Series "How It's Made." This is how rope is made. These ropes are made from thousands of nylon fibers that are finer than human hair, but stronger. To make ...

This is the last traditional working ropewalk in the world. They use traditional methods, and 150-year-old equipment to make 500,000 pounds of rope each year. Ropemaking is a simple process of ...

Modern civilization is built by rope, whether for hauling heavy material or sailing ships across tumultuous seas for centuries. And though making it has been refined over the years, watching the old ...

Rock and mountain climbers rely on strong, yet elastic ropes to keep them safe should they happen to fall. Now mathematicians at the University of Utah have come up with an equation to design an ideal ...