The Physics of the lasso
BBC
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26477776
NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/science/the-math-of-whips-chains-and-ropes.html?_r=0
LeMonde
Improbable Research:
http://www.improbable.com/2014/03/08/some-physics-of-trick-roping/
The Fluid Mechanical Sewing Machine
Nature Physics News and Views
http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v11/n5/full/nphys3327.html
Physics Synopsis
https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.174501
LeMonde
MIT News
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/predict-patterns-viscous-fluids-0423
Physics Buzz
http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2015/03/cake-icing-and-climbing-ropes-physics.html