Until last week, the world of science was unaware of the scutoid. The scutoid is a basic three-dimensional shape, like a cube or a sphere but not like either of those things. It’s more like a column ...

When looking at a house, garage, store building or factory, or any of the other thousands of structures we live, work, and play in, look for the simple shapes. Look at the front of a house, and you ...

We’re at the Polygons annual party. It’s polygons only so to get a ticket, you have to be a 2D shape, with straight sides. Polygons can be grouped based the number of sides they have. So let’s meet ...