George Trim, 43, who teaches social studies in Brooklyn, regularly posts wild videos to his YouTube page, where he goes by ...

In this video, I take on the exciting challenge of making my own paper. I've always been drawn to textured, fibrous paper, ...

Doing laundry has always been my favorite chore. I love the fresh scent of the detergent, the satisfaction of folding something neatly, and even returning clothes and linens to their rightful place. I ...

Growing carrots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) can be quite difficult, but this great hack might just do the trick for you by reusing toilet paper tubes. The most common issues with growing carrots ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Even in an age of digital financial statements and paperless billing, a paper shredder has a place in your home. Banking records, health information and other private documents are often still sent to ...

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who teaches, invents new designs, and writes papers on the underlying math.

Instructions for folding Madonna Yoder’s Dancing Ribbons tessellation. Download the pattern for Dancing Ribbons here. Yoder recommends printing the pattern on paper in between normal printer paper and ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...