Brain activity is structured in space and time. The resulting activity patterns are conventionally thought to depend on an intricate web of anatomical connections that link specialized populations of ...

A cross section of a chambered nautilus shell shows the newly defined shape, the "soft cell," repeating outward in a spiral. FlamingPumpkin via Getty Images When humans cover a space using tiles of ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. “Girls can’t do Euclid: can they, sir?” “The Mill on the Floss” contains one of George Eliot’s ...

How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical concepts? This question is at the heart of recent work by the ...

The film explores different geometric shapes, focusing on cylinders, rectangular prisms, and pyramids. It describes the properties of each shape, such as the curved surface of a cylinder, the ...

"These structures allow for independent control of the geometry and mechanics, laying the foundation for engineering functional shapes using a new type of morphable unit cell." One of the biggest ...

Coordinating dozens of muscles typically requires complex neural control, and it is unclear how much of that coordination must come from the brain versus the body’s structure. Professor Mitra Hartmann ...

You can tell a lot about a teenager’s future just by looking at them. If, after puberty, they are shorter than average, it’s very unlikely they’ll play pro basketball, if they are obese and ...

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 ...