Termite mounds are remarkable structures that regulate temperature, balance airflow, and maintain structural stability in ...

(smooth music) - [Students] Math Mights! - Welcome back, second grade Math Mights. My name is Mrs. McCartney. I'm so excited that you've joined us for some math fun. Today, we're going to do a word ...

How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

A new shape called an einstein has taken the math world by storm. The craggy, hat-shaped tile can cover an infinite plane with patterns that never repeat. Creatively tiling a bathroom floor isn’t just ...

Over the last two years, mathematicians have identified the best versions of a child’s playroom’s worth of shapes. These results occupy a quirky corner of math and, fittingly, have been produced by ...