Realistic artwork often appears detailed and literal on the surface, but beneath that finish lies a framework built from ...

Manhattan has its skyscrapers, Paris its Eiffel Tower, but the hilltops of Caracas in Venezuela will soon be capped with a pair of architectural shapes that are calculated to match any man-made ...

How 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 ...

Imagine standing in front of a painting, its colors and shapes pulling you into a world of emotion and thought. Perhaps you feel joy, nostalgia, or even sadness. What is happening in your brain at ...