Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars ...

Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study. The findings suggest that ...

Circles, triangles and squares. One of the first things we learn as children are basic geometric shapes. And they stay with us throughout our lives. Maybe it’s that sense of familiarity that makes ...

A quartet of mathematicians from Yorkshire University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Waterloo and the University of Arkansas has discovered a 2D geometric shape that does not repeat ...

Researchers have come up with a new method for creating everyday objects in a three dimensional (3D) shape like a mask or a shoe from sheets of inextensible material, which may be applied in many ...

Today on the 'Name That Thing' quiz, we will test how much you know about geometric shapes. Here are four types of polygons in the image below. Can you tell what these are called in mathematics? What ...