Most objects in the real world are symmetrical. This is particularly true of nature: the radial symmetry of starfish or flower petals, the symmetrical efficiency of a hexagonal honeycomb, or the uniquely symmetrical crystal patterns of a snowflake. In factasymmetryis often a sign of illness or...
New research shows how honeybees make those perfectly hexagonal honeycombs, a surprisingly simpler process than had been previously thought.