Like a lot of things, the takeover of “the blob” wasn’t noticeable at first. Sure, you’d see the blob here and there, but you didn’t think much of it. At the time, you didn’t even know it had a name.

Our built environments tend to feel harsh and angular, defined by straight lines and strict rectilinear geometries. But look to nature and our own bodies, and you’ll find soft, amorphous shapes that ...

They have now confirmed that the distinctive geometric shapes of some clusters, as well as the irregularity of amorphous structures, can be fully identified mathematically. The insights gathered by ...