Shade-induced changes in the branching pattern of clonal plants can lead to conspicuous modifications of their growth form and architecture. It has been hypothesized that reduced branching in shade ...

Mammalian lungs are branched networks containing thousands to millions of airways arrayed in intricate patterns that are crucial for respiration. How such trees are generated during development, and ...

Plant trichomes, the hair-like structures covering aerial organs, serve as protective barriers against environmental stresses.

Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...

Summary Plants exhibit dependences between shoot growth and branching that generate highly structured patterns. The characterization of the patterning mechanism is still an open issue because of the ...

Relationships are intricate, and the ways people move from one to another can reveal deeper emotional patterns. One particularly harmful dynamic that has drawn increasing attention is known as monkey ...

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A SPOOKY forest, stripped of life by a natural disaster? Not exactly. Spanish photographer Fran Rubia snapped this scene on a trip to Iceland. He set out to capture the colossal ice walls of the ...

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Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies? Why do the same, self-repeating patterns appear in trees, rivers, lightning, and even our bodies? Is ...