A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

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

A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...

Many young international designers are drawing on heritage, folklore and their imaginations to create contemporary textile, ceramic and wall-covering patterns. Some are finding larger audiences ...

Mathematics and art are generally viewed as very different disciplines – one devoted to abstract thought, the other to feeling. But sometimes the parallels between the two are uncanny. From Islamic ...

Researchers have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain's activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal ...

The enigmatic Nazca Lines etched across the arid desert landscape of southern Peru have long captivated the imagination of adventurers, scholars, and conspiracy theorists alike. These intricate ...