Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

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

Tiling a space with a repeated pattern that has no gaps or overlaps (a structure known as a tessellation) is what led mathematician [Gábor Domokos] to ponder a question: how few corners can a shape ...

As Sigmund Freud made very clear, human beings are compelled to repeat patterns—the repetition compulsion. Patterns laid down early in life are propelled forward to recreate the familiar that can be ...