Does the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence really rule nature? The Golden Ratio is so famous that it’s borderline ethereal!

When Fibonacci introduced what would become an eponymous sequence, he did so using rabbits as an analogy. Breeding pairs of rabbits are able to multiply within their ranks infinitely. Unfortunately, ...

A variation of a puzzle called the “pick-up sticks problem” asks the following question: If I have some number of sticks with random lengths between 0 and 1, what are the chances that no three of ...

I'm not a botanist but rather an amateur naturalist, captivated by the myriad aspects of nature that surround me. Despite not being an astronomer, the Big Bang and the celestial elements it birthed ...