Our world is made up of elegant shapes — there's the square, the rectangle, the sphere, the prism and many more. But sometimes, these shapes don't quite fit nature's game board. Sometimes, you also ...

Find out about regular 2D shapes and irregular polygons. Types of triangle Find out about scalene, equilateral, isosceles and right-angled triangles. Parts of a circle Discover the features of a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Hard as it may be to imagine, there’s a newly defined geometric ...

After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved. Imagine you’re holding two equal-size dice. Is it possible to bore a tunnel through one die that’s ...

How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical concepts? This question is at the heart of recent work by the ...

The star-like "kagome" structure of the molecules in this 2D metal-organic material (shown in an STM image on the left and a non-contact AFM image on the right) produces strong electronic interactions ...

Two-dimensional (2D) shapes are completely flat. They cannot be picked up. 2D shapes can be found printed in a book or you can draw them on a piece of paper. 2D shapes have sides and corners (also ...