Geologists studying ancient desert rocks have stumbled on a microscopic tunnel system that looks uncannily deliberate, a ...

Hundreds of games of Rock-Paper-Scissors were played at Zhejiang University in China to uncover a pattern, which could be exploited Players on a winning streak tended to stick with a particular action ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers, revealed in three-dimensional detail ...

Some of the best patterns can be seen in strata, layers of rock that have been formed by layer upon layer of rock or soil millions of years ago. These layers have become exposed by erosion from the ...

These carefully-patterned rock arrangements look like something out of a meditation garden, or environmental art. But they are actually the product of simple computer algorithms expressed through a 3D ...