The exact shape of the optimal glass depends on the radius of the glass base and the constant C, which is determined by the height of the glass, among other things. Pellegrini first calculated the ...

Theme shapes: Stars, dinosaurs, flowers—there’s an ice shape for every occasion. “These are made for holidays and festivals,” Le says, adding that they’re also great for kids’ drinks ...

A crow’s math skills include geometry Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ...

John Cassidy reports on Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s first joint interview, with the CNN anchor Dana Bash, in their bid for the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency.

However, multiple occurrences of these patterns means that the shape can be further broken down into smaller components. Fano discovered the first of these “atomic” shapes back in the 1930s .

Until recently, gerrymandered districts tended to stick out, identifiable by their contorted tendrils. This is no longer the case. “With modern technology, you can gerrymander pretty effectively ...

This handout image released by The University of Waterloo on June 9, 2023, shows a tile shape which from the left tile fades into “the specter,” which has curved edges, and was recently ...

SFI Professor David Wolpert, a physicist, and former SFI Omidyar Fellow David Kinney, a philosopher and cognitive scientist, propose a unified, probabilistic framework to describe math, the ...