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 ...

Long before anyone wrote down a number, early villagers were painting flowers with a precision that looks suspiciously like ...

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

How does a hungry shark decide where to look for a tasty meal when there’s no tempting morsel in plain sight? Sharks and other predatory sea animals may actually use math when they hunt, according to ...