As smart as we as a species are, Mother Nature almost always seems to have us beat. It’s true for things like brain surgery and robotics; it’s true for the race to swerve the heat death of the planet; ...

If you've ever struggled to pack a bunch of suitcases into the trunk of your car, you've got some idea of a basic problem in materials science: if you throw a bunch of atoms or molecules together, how ...

More than 30 years ago, Andreas Floer changed geometry. Now, two mathematicians have finally figured out how to extend his revolutionary perspective. Arnold’s work was in an area of mathematics that ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Matt Parker SHAPE The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and ...

The latest revelation from a study in Science Advances shows that carrion crows can spot geometric regularity- symmetry, parallel lines, and right angles A crow doesn’t need a compass or a protractor ...

Sometimes we need to know how to calculate values for specific sections of a circle. These can include arc lengths, the area and perimeter of sectors and the area of segments. Loci and constructions – ...

These are not the kinds of objects that concern Scott Sheffield. Sheffield, a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies shapes that are constructed by random ...