Flat hexagons and pentagons come together in new twist on old polyhedra In the latest verse of a centuries-old mathematical refrain, scientists have figured a way to iron out the wrinkles in a large ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation UK. The original is here. The work of the Greek polymath Plato has kept millions of people busy for millennia. A few among them have been ...

Until today, scientists only knew of three classes of 3 dimensional solids. Now they’ve got a fourth. This new flavor of shapes are called Goldberg polyhedrons, and they are the first new class of ...