The ability to make custom patterns is quite helpful but learning how to make patterns that repeat seamlessly in Illustrator makes it even better. Patterns that will show where the edges repeat may ...

Remember the graph paper you used at school, the kind that’s covered with tiny squares? It’s the perfect illustration of what mathematicians call a “periodic tiling of space”, with shapes covering an ...

Ever wanted an actual one-of-a-kind bathroom or kitchen? Well, mathematicians have found the perfect tile for you. A team from the University of Arkansas have discovered the first shape that can cover ...

A seamlessly-repeating pattern fill can be an attractive background for your company website as well as fliers, business cards and other documents. Creating such a pattern can however be quite tricky ...

Globe photographer Deborah Baic offers tips and tricks for this week's Photo Desk assignment on repeating patterns. Patterns of every shape and size surround our lives everyday, whether they are ...

Five psychology books that explain why you repeat the same patterns in love, work, and self-belief, and how awareness creates ...

Scientists have detected a mysterious 'heartbeat'- like signal from our sun that repeats every 10 to 20 seconds. The bizarre pattern was pinpointed to a C-class solar flare located 3,106 miles above ...

Fast radio bursts are having a moment in the science community. After another repeating fast radio signal was traced to a nearby galaxy last month, a new study found that this burst occurs in a ...