Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

The artist Nikolas Bentel’s newest creation is a chrome purse in the shape of an orb that warps light, creating a mesmerizing reflection of the world around it. It’s a fun accessory, but it is also ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

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.

Benjamin Adric Dunn, a data scientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, shows me a picture of unevenly spaced dots arranged vaguely like the rocks at Stonehenge. The overall ...