Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...

Few things are as charismatic as honeybees’ hexagonal honeycombs. Instantly recognizable, the pattern is striking in both its efficiency—the six walls use the least amount wax to divide a space—and ...

Two Harvard researchers developed a 3D simulation that may help explain the hexagonal pattern of a large storm observed on Saturn. Researcher Rakesh K. Yadav and Geophysics professor Jeremy Bloxham ...