Warning: If you start playing with fractals, it can get addicting. I don't know why, but it's stupid fun to make these things. Actually, I first started looking at fractals as part of the #TeamTrees ...

(CNN) — Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life counterparts, scientists have found. The math concept hidden in this tree art — ...

Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you’ve already heard of fractals, you’ve probably seen the picture above. It’s called the Mandelbrot ...

Sometimes there are projects that we introduce with a bit of context, some background, and other times as with [RayP2]’s fractal papercraft tree, we introduce them simply because they are beautiful.

Shea Gunther is a writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster living in Portland, Maine. He covers topics such as renewable energy, climate change, and nature. Romanesco broccoli (which, despite its name, is ...

From mathematical cookie cutters to wormholes, we pick favourite 3D-printable objects. Also, download an exclusive New Scientist Christmas tree ornament – a ...