Called 'stalagmites,' these crystal structures hold the past record of the cave's geological history. The secret lies in ...

Deep inside caves, water dripping from the ceiling creates one of nature's most iconic formations: stalagmites. These pillars ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fano varieties are known as the basic “atomic structure” of geometry, but are notoriously difficult to ...

In nature, many things have evolved that differ in size, color and, above all, in shape. While the color or size of an object can be easily described, the description of a shape is more complicated.

Scientists discover all stalagmites growing from cave floors follow a mathematical rule that explains how these mineral ...

A new study by an international team of researchers provides the first complete mathematical description of stalagmite shapes ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is ...

Hunt for shapes and make familiar objects by putting together several different shapes. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to tell whether Dotson's 10-frames represent a number more than his focus ...

Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin reveal the mathematics behind mesmerizing patterns / New study links the beauty of ...

Last spring, mathematician Henry Segerman found a peculiar post on Facebook. It was by a programmer who had could not conjure mental images---a condition called aphantasia. Segerman immediately ...

Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences found that icebergs capsize because of the unstable shapes ...