The notion of a simple equation that you can use to generate a wide variety of geometric shapes is an immensely appealing one. Johan Gielis of Antwerp, Belgium, proposes one such formula in the March ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

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

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...