Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

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Astronauts in space have uncovered a new geometric shape with no sharp corners that is impossible to create on Earth.Earlier ...

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How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

The apple gets its 'dimple-like cusp' and shape as a result of different rates of growth between the bulk and the stalk, according to a new mathematical study of the fruit. Apples are relatively ...