Robot swarms classify arena shapes by estimating a global spectral signature from information exchanged between robots.

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When handed a drawing, many newcomers stop in their tracks trying to read the whole thing. I think this is quite common.It is ...

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A scientist has discovered a strange new eight-faced shape in which every face touches every other face, using a set of simple integer coordinates. Mathematicians can define abstract patterns, ...

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This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly math newsletter that’s delivered to your inbox every Tuesday afternoon. Sign up today and read it first. In real life, almost nothing is perfect. But ...

A team of astronomers discovered a strange polygonal atmospheric structure on Saturn near the planet’s south pole. This 10-sided shape, known as a decagon, joins one of the gas giant’s most famous ...

A Sue ware storage jar from Japan's Kofun period, 6th–7th century. Made from the same wheel-thrown, high-fired stoneware tradition examined in this study. Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, public ...

Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates. By K. R. Callaway You (probably) won’t find a monkey in a geometry class, but it looks ...

For decades, new recruits joining the Air Force have left their hometowns and taken commercial flights to San Antonio, Texas, home of the service’s boot camp for all enlisted troops. But perhaps oddly ...