Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,300-year-old Celtic sword in France decorated with glass paste and swastika engravings, a ...

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

Once reserved for screens or inlaid panels in handmade furniture, kumiko, with its thin slats precisely cut to interlock in repeating geometric patterns, has evolved to become a craft celebrated ...

“I remembered learning about kapa as a child and how we’d use patterns to tell stories, so in my junior year of college I taught myself how to carve ʻohe kāpala, or traditional carved bamboo printing ...

Murals by Agostino Iacurci bring drab buildings to life in bold jewel tones, playful patterns, color blocks, and symmetry. Whether painting directly onto bricks and plaster or designing immense fabric ...

After they consistently succeeded with simple patterns, researchers introduced more complex ones. The new shapes were all quadrilaterals – four-sided figures – carefully adjusted to vary in geometric ...

Our weekly colloquium with Haverford College brings distinguished mathematics researchers together to discuss their work. The location alternates between the two mathematics departments. Talks are ...