Colorado has mostly straight borders, which makes it look like a box on maps. These lines follow latitude and longitude, so ...

These body type classifications have their roots in discredited pseudoscience—but they're still common shorthand at the gym.

An elaborate ceremony with colorfully-dressed dancers and decorated elephants was held in Jaipur, India, as U.S. Vice ...

Optical rotatum” is the term researchers coined to describe a newly discovered structure of light. Beams of light that can be shaped into corkscrew-like forms, known as optical vortices, are used ...

Crows have a sense of geometric intuition much like our own, a new study reveals. They can detect the 'odd one out' in a set ...

While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...

A graduate student accidentally created a blend of oil, water and nickel particles that formed an unexpected shape.

Crows can recognize geometric patterns, suggesting that humans aren't unique in understanding shape structure.