Biofilms lead lives of liminality. Just a few cells thick, these layered communities of microbes anchor themselves to solid surfaces at interfaces — where rocks meet salt water in tide pools, between ...

They can detect the 'odd one out' in a set of geometric shapes, and have an affinity for geometric regularity – shapes with consistent features, like squares, as opposed to irregular ones ...

A shared shape rule, the power cascade, governs most bird beak growth. It links modern birds with extinct dinosaurs.

Pick the odd one out. Initially, the birds encountered easy ... The birds identified intruders more easily when the base shapes followed stronger geometric rules – parallel sides, right angles, equal ...

I bought the Mazda CX-50 Turbo expecting upscale dynamics and class-leading style, but after two hours behind the wheel, I ...

Launched at 2024 London Design Week, LightMass^ is a response to LEDs, say founders Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, ‘a way to reintroduce physical form to lighting, creating sculptural structures’. The ...

With its towering unconventional shapes, the home remains so unusual that ... with the Brokerage House. And now, in an odd twist, the sale could send Milhoan back to the home after his long ...

I went to Oregon to learn how physics can change your putt and your attitude, checking out the big picture on eliminating micro-adjustments.

“There’s a whole gallery that is geometric abstraction. It’s shape and form and line and color ... you may still stumble across one of these objects at the odd thrift store. “The objects that you see ...

Even then, the crows picked out the odd shape more often than chance would allow ... parallel lines, and symmetrical shapes. These are essential features of geometry that humans typically learn in ...