You sit down to meditate. A conversation returns, then thoughts. You bring your attention back to the breath. Sometimes, ...

Woven textiles can do more than provide softness and strength. Their microscopic arrangement of yarns can also influence how ...

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies build symmetrical nests when they are placed on either side of a ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Symmetry also has an aesthetic meaning, although this is ...

I recently discussed the rule of thirds and leading lines in photography. In this article, I’ll cover symmetry and include some of my own symmetry photography examples to illustrate this. Now… I ...

There's a part of the brain that enables us to perceive magnitude -- we can compare loudness when hearing different tones or compare the number of dots in a group at a glance. Neuroscientists have ...

When you think about how rapidly computers filled our homes, our cars and even ourselves through watches and earpieces, it might be hard to believe that there is a massive gap between computer's ...