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Electric Honeycombs Form When Nature Gets Out of Balance
- abledon 9y agoWe still know so __little__ about the workings of the universe, the world, & the human body. Amazing.
- ggggtez 9y agoIt's amazing that people can add so __little__ to a conversation other than vapid platitudes. Amazing. And so I can be a little less pedantic, if you read the article, you would have seen that scientists have known about this for decades. So please only speak for yourself when you talk about how much you don't know.
- KGIII 9y agoNature has a preference, for wont of a better word, to certain shapes. Here is a quickly found link on the subject of hexagons and nature. http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexagons http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexa... If you blow a bunch of bubbles, those in the middle of the bubble pile will naturally tend to form into hexagonal shapes. Nature is full of them. Nature is also full of things like the Fibonacci sequence. It's really quite fascinating. But, yes, we still have a lot to learn about the universe. If the science were complete, we'd no longer need scientists. I think that assuming we know it all, or even that our understanding is correct, is hubris and vanity.
- icc97 9y agoThis is the same reason why bees create a hexagonal honeycomb and also I think the reasoning for the structure in a fly's eye.
- taneq 9y agoIt never fails to amaze me how simple iterated rules can generate patterns that look so deliberately designed.
- selimthegrim 9y agoIf you look closely into the case, the student was mentored by Farida Tahir and Muhammad Sabih Anwar, who have moved mountains for the cause of promoting science education in Pakistan.