This discovery, researchers noted, contributes to “ethnomathematics,” a field that explores mathematics through culture.

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

Under this collaboration, OXFORD joined forces with PEACEMINUSONE, the fashion brand founded by G-DRAGON, to launch "818 BLOOM," a limited-edition block flower. The release coincides with the ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...

BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 69, No. 3 (MARCH 2018), pp. 402-415 (14 pages) This paper presents a heuristic for the guillotine two-dimensional bin packing problem, where a set ...

A federal judge has blocked construction of a 314-acre mixed-use development project in California after environmental groups filed a lawsuit arguing it would "result in a significant loss of local ...

Flowers captivate us with their colors, but nature often hides its most remarkable stories in what we overlook. Among Hibiscus blossoms, the bullseye pattern is a bold circle of pigment near the petal ...

The U.S. is experiencing an “omega block," which locks in unsettled conditions in some areas while others have extended dry and warm conditions. Trump pulls surgeon general nominee Janette Nesheiwat ...

The start of what is, on average, San Antonio’s wettest month of the year brought lackluster rainfall totals, despite a promising forecast last week. However, the next few days are shaping up to be ...