Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us.

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 ...

After decades of debate, researchers say that they have found the clearest evidence yet for this rare form of carbon ...

The perfect hexagonal shape of honeycomb cells — once thought to be an incredible feat of math-savvy insects — has now been explained by simple mechanics. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

A unique hexagonal pattern has been discovered in a recently described plant-parasitic nematode worm. A new plant-parasitic nematode worm (Meloidoderita salina) was found in a tidal salt marsh at Mont ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

Chinese scientists claim to have created the long theorised hexagonal diamond, stronger than the real thing, and only found ...