Honeybees have evolved over time to skillfully build hexagonal honeycomb cells. Why might a hexagon be a suitable shape for storing honey? Could other shapes, such as circles, triangles, or squares, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The huge, mysterious hexagon at Saturn's north pole may finally have an explanation. The bizarre ...

Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon is ...