The Scutoid: How We Discover New Shapes

Spanish researchers have uncovered a new geometric shape — the scutoid. HowStuffWorks looks at how we discover new shapes in nature and from geometry.
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Knowable Magazine on X: Last month, a group of Spanish scientists brought us the scutoid, this week's #WordyWednesday. This bizarre new shape is fundamental to our being: When scutoid-shaped cells pack together

Douglas Axe on X: The genius of scutoids: epithelial cells can have different neighbours at their top and bottom surfaces. Modelling shows that the only way to achieve this pattern is for