Patterns appearing on both the very large and very small scale are extremely rare, but researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan have found a ...

Round discs of barren dirt known as "fairy circles" look like rows of polka dots that can spread for miles over the ground. The phenomenon's mysterious origins have intrigued scientists for decades — ...

The highly regular spacing of fairy circles in Australia becomes visible in dense vegetation. The grasses in the foreground of the image are patchy as they rebounding from fire. Brad Howe, Heliwest ...

Patterns appearing on both the very large and very small scale are extremely rare, but researchers have found a similar pattern in two apparently unrelated systems -- skin cells and fairy circles in ...