Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study. It's the first ...
Crows, the undisputed math nerds of the bird world, have done it again. This time, though, it’s not arithmetic or philosophy of math that they’ve conquered – it’s geometry. “Claiming that […] only ...
Proving that two polygons have the same area can be as easy as cutting them up and rearranging the pieces. Gina the geometry student stayed up too late last night doing her homework while watching The ...
When Alfred University Math Professor Amanda Lipnicki took up knitting as an undergraduate student, she didn’t immediately recognize how mathematics and geometry underlay the patterns of stitches ...
Neuroscientists are exploring whether shapes like squares and rectangles — and our ability to recognize them — are part of what makes our species special. Credit...Video by Yoshi Sodeoka Supported by ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Geometry Genius: Shapes Geometry Genius: Shapes is a fun and educational game that challenges players with randomly generated geometry problems. Players ...
Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about. In the early 1800s, William Rowan Hamilton discovered a new kind of ...