The short-term release enters its first release candidate stage on August 6, with general availability set for September 15, as Oracle and the OpenJDK community lock in a nine-JEP feature set anchored ...

Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us. A 400-million-year-old ammonite cross-section reveals an interior world of remarkable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Lauren writes about interior design and real estate. As the seasons shift, so do the ways designers think about interiors.

Serverless is an architectural style that succeeds only when paired with intentional design patterns. Event-driven approaches often provide simpler, more resilient solutions than overused ...

The mirror spider can rapidly shift a patchwork of minuscule reflective plates underneath its abdomen’s outer surface, altering the pattern of mirrorlike flashes. This uncommon display comes from ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that around a third of the long-proposed "linguistic universals"—patterns ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. What happens when imagination meets perception, and ordinary objects come alive? We explore the science of pareidolia. Summary: Our minds are wired to ...

What if the key to building AI systems that are not only powerful but also trustworthy lies in a set of repeatable design principles? As artificial intelligence continues to shape industries and ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...