If you thought writing calculations to describe three-dimensional objects in math class was hard, consider doing the same for one with 248 dimensions. Mathematicians call such an object E8 (pronounced ...

The human visual system exhibits a remarkable ability to decipher the three-dimensional structure of the world from two-dimensional retinal images. Central to this process is the utilisation of shape ...

Symmetry in the man-made world. Diane Louise Jordan has three sessions on observing shapes in the world around us. BBC School ...

The movement of waves, patterns that carry sound, light or heat, through materials has been widely studied by physicists, as ...

When the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS first flew into our cosmic neighborhood in July 2025, scientists all breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like we had found something we knew: an icy traveler ...

Symmetry is one of the “aesthetic concepts” used by scientists, along with simplicity, order, coherence, unity, elegance, and harmony, as indispensable prerequisites for the creation of scientific ...