1999). Random dispersion patterns are atypical in nature and could indicate a uniform or random distribution of resources or a lack of interactions among individuals in the population. Humans are ...

Chirality—the property of an object that is distinct from its mirror image—has long captivated scientists across biology, ...

Such simulated communities constitute a null model: how much of the patterns seen in nature may be due to pure chance? Somewhat surprisingly, the simulated communities exhibited patterns in ...

Their model is based on Gaussian Processes—a set of random functions widely used in fields such as cosmology and oceanography ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. Trees are ...