Over the last two years, mathematicians have identified the best versions of a child’s playroom’s worth of shapes. These results occupy a quirky corner of math and, fittingly, have been produced by ...

Scientists have just defined a new shape called the scutoid (SCOO-toid) while studying epithelial cells, the building blocks of embryos that eventually end up forming our skin and lining our organs ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Matt Parker SHAPE The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and ...

Mathematicians show “soft cell” shapes are abundant in natural world. Soft cells are described as natural tiles with curved edges—a stark contrast to the mathematical solutions for creating tiling ...

Mathematicians have used pictures to solve equations ever since Pythagoras cooked up his famous theorem, but it wasn’t until the 20th century that the deep links between shapes and sums really came ...

Maths and art may not seem like obvious bedfellows but artist Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova has developed her own unique style based on her love of art, design and geometry. Colourful and geometric prints ...

The following article on the geometry of cutting inserts was prepared by Iscar Ltd. and edited by Bruce Vernyi, Editor-in-Chief The evolution of cutting tool shapes and cutting edge geometry is an ...