We don’t look at polka dots twice. Our brains immediately recognize that they’re a repeating pattern of dots. The same goes for plaid, chevron or any kind of design. We’re also able to look at a bunch ...

Those of us who grew up coloring remember the cardinal rule: stay inside the lines. But those who pick up the Patterns of the Universe coloring book have to stay in the sines (and cosines and tangents ...

For over 40 years, Venezuelan architect Rafael Araujo has been drawing the most beautiful illustrations of nature, entirely by hand. At an old drafting table he adeptly renders the mathematical ...