H ow few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

Mathematicians have described 1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in the iconic spiral shell of the nautilus to the way in which seeds ...

The dodecahedron could have perhaps detected some shaving. But really, you checked your coins via weighing and assaying. They weren’t uniform enough in shape, since they were created by manually ...

Transform everyday paper cups into a beautiful dodecahedron-shaped lamp or lantern with this easy and eco-friendly DIY tutorial. By cutting and folding the rims of 12 paper cups, a unique ...