The film explores the intricate relationship between mathematics and the construction of honeycomb by bees. It highlights how bees utilize geometric shapes, particularly hexagons, to create an ...

Nature is efficient, resource-conscious, and self-sustaining. The designs and processes developed have been tested over ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

Calling all bee lovers with money to spend — Canada has a new buzzing honeycomb-shaped coin. The Royal Canadian Mint released ...

Hexagons are mutually associated with bees and wasps, as both insect species build their nests using this humble six-sided shape. Anyone who stumbles upon a bee or wasp nest in nature will be ...

In the latest, China has produced an artificial diamond and is calling 'super diamond'. This diamond is rare and is hexagonal in shape. - Strongest ever? China creates ultra-hard 'super diamond ...

From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and ...

Complex systems in nature, like their synthetic counterparts in technology, ... Frey and Gartner were able to show that hexagonal shapes offer considerable advantages for self-assembly.

Pencils; we've all held them. At some point in your life, you may have wondered why they come in the shapes and sizes that they do, and in particular why they are hexagonal. There are a few ...