Scientists have just defined a new shape called the scutoid (SCOO-toid) while studying epithelial cells, the building blocks of embryos that eventually end up forming our skin and lining our organs ...

A look back at three of the biggest stories in physics this year, including evidence that dark energy may be weakening, the discovery of a supersolid, and new advances in quantum geometry. We ...

The universe's geometry can be classified as flat, closed (positive curvature), or open (negative curvature), determined by its density and expansion rate. Current cosmological models, primarily the ...

Circles, triangles and squares. One of the first things we learn as children are basic geometric shapes. And they stay with us throughout our lives. Maybe it’s that sense of familiarity that makes ...

Sharks of every size, shape and lifestyle apparentlt all follow the same fundamental geometric rule. So, what else in nature ...