In praise of nature's spinning, spiraling patterns

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us.

New model finds complex earthquake patterns of the Phlegraean Fields near Naples

The Phlegraean Fields volcanic complex, located beneath the metropolitan area of Naples—a city of 900,000 inhabitants in ...
Medicine Buffalo

We now have the math to describe ‘matrix tides’ and other complex wave patterns seen in Qiantang River

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...
IFLScience

In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple Rules

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
IFLScience

Complex Patterns Of Volatile Gas Found Circulating Around Uranus

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...