Looking for a challenging and stimulating activity? Try solving a pattern-based puzzle posted on Instagram by Optical Illusions. The puzzle presents three patterns and asks you to predict the next ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that's covered with tiny squares? It's the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a 'periodic tiling of space', with shapes covering an ...

The same researchers behind the 13-sided "hat" shape have stumbled upon a version that improves upon the original in a very important way. Reading time 2 minutes In March, a group of mathematicians ...