The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language. If you're enjoying this ...

The universe may seem shapeless because it is so vast, but it does have a form that astronomers can observe. So, what is it shaped like? Physicists think the universe is flat. Several lines of ...

As far as taking care of my body goes, I'm not exactly low maintenance. I regularly lift weights and try to get in pilates when I can, and I aim to eat a balanced diet. But in spite of this, I still ...

Two mathematicians have proved a long-standing conjecture that is a step on the way toward finding the worst shape for packing the plane. For centuries, mathematicians suspected that hexagonal tiles ...

The universe's geometry can be classified as flat, closed (positive curvature), or open (negative curvature), determined by its density and expansion rate. Current cosmological models, primarily the ...