Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...

Florida State University scientists have engineered a new crystal that forces atomic magnets to swirl into complex, repeating ...

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 ...

Globe photographer Deborah Baic offers tips and tricks for this week's Photo Desk assignment on repeating patterns. Patterns of every shape and size surround our lives everyday, whether they are ...

Experiments and modeling work offers new insights into the striking patterns of repeating stones seen in frost-prone landscapes. Nature is full of repeating patterns that are part of the beauty of our ...