Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical processes that show up again and again, even in ...

Past psychology and behavioral science studies have identified various ways in which people's acquisition of new knowledge ...

We can’t protect what we don’t understand. From decoding wolf howls to making sense of millions of citizen-science sightings, ...

Physicists have created a visible, self-sustaining “time crystal” using swirling liquid crystals that move in endlessly repeating patterns when illuminated. Imagine a clock that runs forever without ...

Explore how to infuse Mughal-inspired designs into modern homes with ornate arches, floral motifs, and geometric patterns.

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth looks at a new study detailing the prevalence of tilings in nature, which is surprisingly more widespread than previously believed.

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

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

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Many people know that some animals have more than two eyes, but the variety and function of these extra eyes might surprise you. From reptiles with a hidden “third eye” that senses light, to insects ...