There is a scene in the animated blockbuster "Finding Nemo" when a school of fish makes a rapid string of complicated patterns—an arrow, a portrait of young Nemo and other intricate designs. While the ...

Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections. Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty Images The reason patterns often appear ...

In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...

Scientists study the fractal patterns in individual trees to study forest structure and function. The intricate pattern of buds within buds, similar patterns at different scale, in Romanesco broccoli.

African weaving styles are not just a means of traditional art but also a means of creating unique, eco-friendly lampshades ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. With temperatures consistently dropping ...

Humans love to tease signals from noise. We see a man in the moon, Mother Mary in a piece of toast, Lady Luck in a winning run at the casino. Alex MacLean deftly plays to this tendency in his stunning ...