Symmetry attracts us. Studies comparing people’s reactions to different faces have shown, for example, that they find highly symmetrical faces more attractive than less symmetrical faces. The symmetry ...

We often think of the natural world as a chaotic, tangled mess of organic shapes and unpredictable growth, but every so often, nature reveals a hidden obsession with math. When you stumble upon ...

Women have more orgasms during sex with men who are more symmetrical. Does this penchant for order cloud our ability to see the universe accurately? A new book by theoretical astrophysicist Mario ...