The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, ...

Yes I see them all the time. Thru polarized glasses looking thru ceramic tinted window. We unknowingly live in a 3d blocked world. Some see in 2d 3d some see in 3d and 4d. It's a beautiful chaotic ...

Earlier today I set you the following counterintuitive puzzle, about a curious object that fits through a small hole, but not through a big one. Here it is again with solutions. Design an object that ...

You have most likely encountered one-sided objects hundreds of times in your daily life – like the universal symbol for recycling, found printed on the backs of aluminum cans and plastic bottles. This ...

Researchers demonstrate that our brain need only perform a few lightning-fast statistical calculations to detect key properties of unknown objects. From a child snapping Legos together to a pickpocket ...

NMAH copy 39088019964634 signed by author. Mathematics is not just the product of lone geniuses dreaming up ideas remote from everyday life: real social, political and cultural problems drive ...