A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, scientists say.

Physicists are closing in on a strange, hidden influence that does not fit neatly into the four familiar forces of nature, ...

At first, everything seemed normal. But as more items came up from the Detroit River, a pattern started to form. These weren’t random losses or harmless debris something about them felt deliberate.

The mirror spider can rapidly shift a patchwork of minuscule reflective plates underneath its abdomen’s outer surface, altering the pattern of mirrorlike flashes. This uncommon display comes from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. For decades, intelligence has been often reduced to a number — ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...

New research from two Northwestern professors and two professors from other universities revealed that Republican lawmakers either exceeded or matched Democrats in the amount of federal funding they ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

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