This weekend, the Franklin Institute opens its summer exhibition about mathematical patterns that recur in nature. Its centerpiece is a 1,700-square-foot maze of mirrors, set in a grid of equilateral ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they contain fractals, following relatively simple ...

The wavy undulations of a sperm’s tail make striped patterns in space-time, which potentially follow patterns proposed by Alan Turing.

A sneeze. Ocean currents. Smoke. What do these have in common? They're instances of turbulence: unpredictable, chaotic, ...

Chess grandmaster Viswanathand's son Akhil who will make his solo art debut with 'Morphogenesis', in Chennai, chats about art ...

Pure mathematics is concerned with the study of abstract structures and intrinsic properties of mathematical objects, independent of practical applications. This field encompasses a variety of ...

These five visual mathematical patterns offer us more than just intellectual curiosity—they provide frameworks for understanding our human experience in the context of math and nature.

Trees depicted in the artwork of famous painters like Leonardo da Vinci and Piet Mondrian follow the math behind their branching pattern in nature, a new study says. This hidden math in some ...

Key points Beauty follows objective patterns in nature, guided by evolution and mathematics. The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio define beauty in faces, bodies, and art. Symmetry and ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.