The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...

From bathroom floors to siding on buildings, it's common to cover areas without gaps by arranging shapes with straight edges ...

In nature, the universe ... is something universal about the spiral, something embedded in the way energy, matter and space evolve. The torus is not merely a shape; it is the embodiment of motion ...

We’ve dubbed it the Big Wheel, with our findings published today in Nature Astronomy ... disrupt the delicate spiral structures, turning them into more chaotic shapes. However, the Big Wheel ...

"The spiral is a shape found in nature" she said, "found in periwinkles, and probably found in poos. "Some people have been saying to me, 'if people see the shape of a poo, maybe that's a metaphor ...

By looking at the shape and size of coprolites, as well as where they were found, scientists can work out what kind of animal the droppings might have come from. Coprolites can also contain clues ...

These jets, typically found in elliptical galaxies, are unheard of in spirals. "This discovery is more than just an oddity – ...

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong left a sample out by mistake. It was a small chip made of germanium, topped with thin layers of metal, and had a drop of water on it. The next day, she noticed tiny ...

Or the Golden Spiral? These mysterious numbers and shapes are all connected to ... For starters, Fibonacci numbers can be found in the natural world all around us. Most flowers, for example ...

THE 300 FOOT PATH IS IN THE SHAPE OF A SPIRAL TO REFLECT PATTERNS FOUND IN NATURE AND AT ITS HEART, A DRAIN. THE PLANTS ACT AS A NET TO SLOW RAINFALL THAT FLOWS INTO A NEARBY CREEK. ONE OF THE ...