W hen most people think of shapes, they imagine a triangle, a rectangle, or maybe even a fancier- sounding rhombus or ...

Crows can recognize geometric patterns, suggesting that humans aren't unique in understanding shape structure.

In a remarkable new study, crows demonstrated an intuitive grasp of geometry—identifying irregular shapes without training.

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible threat to the food we eat ...

Basic physics quickly gets messy in an irregular world, scientists discover in new research on the old problem of a ball ...

Over my forty years or so in and around dealing rooms and financial markets, I have heard many theories as to how to approach that problem and have settled on a process that has worked for me.