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Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of tissues and organs, there is a hidden order that looks a lot like pure ...

There's a line of thought that equates intelligence with “pattern recognition.” How do you stack up on this unique cognitive ...

(bright music) - Welcome to Room 9 Summertime, our nation's largest classroom. My name is Mrs. Turnage and I am a teacher in the Ritner School District in the St. Louis region. Today's lesson is a ...

Ever wondered how leopards wear perfect dots or zebra's stripes? Scientists now know that patterns are not random at all. They are guided by nature’s chemistry, mathematics and tiny skin cells. These ...

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National Harbor, Md. — Looking at face patterns in photos of more than 11,000 kinds of ants struck entomologist Clint Penick as a fine pandemic-lockdown project for his students. From that socially ...