Using a new computer model, scientists simulated the stripes, spots and hexagons on a species of boxfish, imperfections and ...

Students can get hands-on by incorporating natural objects into curiosity-driven math lessons like measuring and sorting.

Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according ...

A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human ...

The human eye is drawn to the rhythmic beauty of tiled patterns, which occur abundantly in nature. A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and ...

For over a decade, mathematicians have failed to agree whether a 500-page proof is actually correct. Now, translating the ...

Explore the mesmerizing journey of nature's growth in "234-day Growing Plants in 9 Minutes (Time Lapse Compilation)." Witness ...

Biologists have spent generations trying to explain what controls the speed of life. You may already be familiar with the classic idea that growth rises with more nutrients and then steadies. The ...

The art of making captivating Peruvian textiles has traditionally been anonymous work. But at 75, Sara Flores is making a name for herself with hypnotic abstractions Flores holds up leaves from the ...

In the new study, published Oct. 7 in the journal PNAS, researchers looked at satellite images of more than 400 arid areas around the globe and mathematically analyzed the spatial patterns of the ...