For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating ...

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

Near the end of the first act of Beauty and the Beast, a hungry Belle wanders into her captor’s kitchen and is treated to the production number “Be Our Guest.” Projections highlight the enchanted ...

Ancient pottery reveals early farmers were using math thousands of years before numbers, embedding geometry and patterns into everyday art.

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

African geometric pattern baskets are a beautiful blend of culture and craftsmanship. These baskets, made from natural fibers, are known for their intricate designs and vibrant colors. They are not ...

Stunning concentric rings in Libya's Sahara Desert, Jabal Arkanū, were formed by ancient volcanic activity and millions of years of erosion, not meteo ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...