In Conway's Game Of Life, Strange Patterns (And Spaceships) Emerge From Simple Rules Play for yourself, and watch strangely complex behavior arise from four simple rules.

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

A perplexing optical illusion challenges viewers to find the numbers 64 and 49 hidden within a grid of repeating 46s. This brain teaser exploits patte ...