That same experience can happen when you see a pattern for the first time. When, for example, the earth is viewed at night, the lighted landscape outlines dozens of patterns unseen before.

Some see only the women, others the sax player, and yet others see both patterns. One can learn to see the other pattern, after having been shown it. Patterns are discoverable everywhere around in ...

Humans are natural pattern recognizers. Whether, as in prehistoric times, we were recognizing danger in a telltale rustle of the bushes or skimming a page of letters and numbers today, we use ...

Lawrence Weschler discovers connections in unexpected places, tying Neutra, say, to Godard. The writer says there's even a thread that links all his subjects: 'I insist upon enthusiasm.' ...

Planet WASP-121 b has a surface temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which researchers predict would lead to some wild weather phenomena.