From Simons Science News (find original story here). In 1952, Alan Turing, a British mathematician best known for his work on code-breaking and artificial intelligence, was convicted of engaging in ...

Tigers' enchanting stripe patterns and gorgeous fur are their downfall — poachers and illegal traders have pushed many tiger species to the brink of extinction, slaughtering them for their coveted ...

Why do tigers have orange and black stripes? asks students in Howard Cohen's class at Francis Lewis High School, in Fresh Meadows, Queens. Tigers are the biggest of the big cats; some can weigh more ...

Some patterns arise simply or randomly, but others develop via complex, precise interactions of pattern-generating systems. Their beauty aside, the intricacies of these systems are inspiring the ...

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The back of a tiger could have been a blank canvas. Instead, nature painted the big cat with parallel stripes, evenly spaced and perpendicular to the spine. Scientists don't know exactly how stripes ...

Imagine grasshoppers distributed evenly across a dry field. As the temperature rises, the grasshoppers start to sweat. The field catches fire in a few spots and starts to spread. But the perspiration ...