I drew lines on blank paper to make a calendar To fill the boxes with flimsy promises Straight lines are stubborn, hard to ...

Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

The world may seem orderly, but randomness and chaos shape everything in the universe, from enormous galaxies all the way down to subatomic particles. Take a chilly window sheeting over with ice: even ...

Have you ever looked at a Jackson Pollock painting and thought “I could do this”? According to researchers at the University of Oregon, you might be wrong about that – unless you happen to be a child.

The results showed that the paintings with more space between and less complex fractal patterns were perceived as more pleasant. Children’s paintings, although not analyzed for pleasantness, also have ...

During the 'dripfest' experiment adults and children were asked to recreate a painting in Pollock's style. (Richard Taylor via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Children's paintings share key characteristics ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...

Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...