The opening lines of the great Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms condense its complex and spectacular stories into a coherent pattern, that is, power blocs divide and unite ...

Despite its dry, dusty surface and thinner atmosphere, Mars may have more in common with Earth than scientists previously thought. In a new study, researchers at the University of Rochester—including ...

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court has dismissed Parfums Christian Dior’s appeal against a decision of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property in which the latter had refused, in part, to ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has come across a fascinating hexagonal pattern in salt deposits — and they look eerily reminiscent of Earth-based basins that dry out seasonally, providing a fascinating ...

Scientists have solved the riddle of the mysterious honeycomb patterns found in salt deserts across the world. These places are among some of the most extreme and inhospitable on Earth, and their odd ...

Diverging and converging patterns forming on the surface of solidifying liquid metals resemble plotlines in a complex historical novel, in a new international study. The cyclic patterns observed are ...