Professor Alain Goriely might not be Calamity Jane riding the Deadwood Stage but he could just be one of the first people to truly understand what makes a "whip crack-away". As a staple element of ...

The origins of the pejorative term "cracker" can be traced in part back to the shortening of the term "whip-cracker." What's False However, the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain takes its name from the ...

A crack of a whip rings out through the quaint buildings that surround the Traveler's Stage in the Scarborough Renaissance Festival. The sound is followed by a laugh from Jack Lepiarz who is ...

April Choi works as an engineer at Kennedy Space Center. And she’s also an accomplished whip-cracker. Literally. She holds world records. Choi will discuss both of those roles as a featured speaker at ...