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Scientists found a repeating math pattern inside the human body

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

A simple mathematical model can account for lizard’s green-and-black pattern

Zebras and tigers have stripes, cheetahs and leopards have spots, and the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) boasts a labyrinthine pattern of black-and-green chains of scales. Now researchers from the ...
Medicine Buffalo

We now have the math to describe ‘matrix tides’ and other complex wave patterns seen in Qiantang River

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...
Salon

Why does nature create patterns?

The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned substances and organisms as they form. Whether in plants and animals or ...
IFLScience

In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple Rules

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
ucdavis.edu

Exotic Synchronization Patterns Emerge in a Simple Network

The power grid is an example of a network connected to other networks, such as telecommunications, travel and the economy. Researchers at UC Davis and Caltech are studying how surprising and complex ...