Eli Sloutskin and Alexander Butenko watched this droplet transform as they lowered and then raised its temperature. As it cools, the spherical droplet of hexadecane briefly becomes an icosahedron ...

For the first time, researchers in France and Israel have observed how an emulsified liquid droplet can transform from a hexagon into a six-pointed star shape in response to rising temperature.

In this DIY woodworking video, learn how to create a hexagon cutting jig that simplifies the process of making repeatable wood hexagons. This easy-to-construct table saw sled allows for efficient ...

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who teaches, invents new designs, and writes papers on the underlying math.

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Just as a postal worker knows to deliver a package to a specified address, a new type of nanoscale robot can deliver therapeutic cargo specifically to cancer cells (Science, DOI: 10.1126/sci ...

Greysun is the Lead Guides Editor at GameRant, where he oversees game help coverage for everything from the biggest AAA releases to standout indie and live-service titles. Professionally, Greysun has ...

Madonna Yoder’s Advent of Tessellations is back for a third year of folding fun. Also called tiling, tessellation is the process of covering a surface using geometric shapes with no overlapping. The ...

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into different objects, shapes, and animals – without cutting or gluing the paper. Simply by folding a piece of paper, you can create a whole world of ...