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Crows can recognize geometric patterns, suggesting that humans aren't unique in understanding shape structure.

In a remarkable new study, crows demonstrated an intuitive grasp of geometry—identifying irregular shapes without training.

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Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, ...

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Using advanced mathematical tools inspired by physics, the team has derived a general equation for any number of tangent ...

They discovered a piece of history lodged in a lump of clay: a small ornamental dagger decorated with stars, crescent moons and geometric patterns. The metal detectorists, Jacek Ukowski and ...

Fantastic new math-based buildings popped up around Sara Harp Minter Elementary when students designed Geometry City. Geometry City was an engaging, hands-on project designed to reinforce key ...