fractals

What you’re watching isn’t organic, but a computer-generated visualization of complex mathematics. It’s a…

We wouldn’t blame you for thinking that Julius Horsthuis spent weeks designing and animating his sci-fi short, Frakta…

In Julius Horsthuis’ short film Recurrence, he takes the audience on a slow descent into a sprawling metropolis he’s…

Researchers from the University of Liverpool have shown that it’s possible to detect neurodegenerative disorders in…

Designer Love Hultén is probably best known for his Pixel Vision, a tiny portable gaming machine made of wood that’s…

A new fractal analysis of London’s dense network of streets and intersections reveals that a green belt meant to…

The complexity of a puzzle is usually dependent on how many tiny pieces are crammed inside its box. But by…

There are multiple examples of fractal patterns in nature, from peacock feathers, snowflakes, and leaves, to cloud…

Photographer Radu Zaciu hollowed out ordinary fruits and vegetables and replaced their insides with light bulbs.…

Cantor's Dust is a famous fractal, a basic pattern that repeats itself over and over. It's a pretty pattern, but it…

A simple game with a die, a triangle, and a hell of a lot of patience, can help you to draw a famous fractal. Get…

The roots of CGI lie in the first mechanical aids to drawing and painting. The earliest of these were developed to…

Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you've already…

Math is way more fun when it's lent some narrative, some purpose—and we've never seen a better example than this…

It's time for weekly space-links of astronomy and planetary science stories that we didn't cover on Space this week.

IBM's engineers must have been at a loose end, because they've just launched a new site called the IBMblr Fractalizer

Back in 2010 — a mere 19 days before his death — Benoît Mandelbrot gave a candid and moving interview describing his…

In her two latest videos, maths-maven Vi Hart shows us how to draw fractals freehand, creating Koch curves, dragon…

Fractals aren't just something you learn about in math class. They are also a gorgeous part of the natural world.…