When I was a kid, I loved doing connect-the-dots drawings. I enjoyed discovering a pattern. Those who suggest conspiracy theories know the brain's natural ability to find patterns. They know that just ...

A new special issue in Acta Ethologica explores the diverse ways animals think, learn, and interact, revealing 'intellectual biodiversity' across species from ants to whales. Scientists are uncovering ...

In a first-ever collaboration, students from the University of Pittsburgh chose works for a new exhibition at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. “Pattern Makers” will be on view beginning Sunday ...

“Genius is vision, often involving the gift of finding patterns where others see nothing but a chance collection of objects (Andersen, 2013).” My grandkids loved to play “I Spy.” It is a game we often ...

(Boston) -- Finding patterns behind seemingly random events is the signature of a recent trio of research studies coming from the statistical physics group in Boston University's Department of Physics ...