Why Is Nature Full Of Patterns? Patterns constantly form in nature, from molecules to our consciousness. Or are we just seeing what we want to see?

New experiments confirm that complex patterns in plants emerge from a model proposed by mathematician Alan Turing.

In nature, patterns of chemical interactions between two different substances are believed to govern the designs our eyes see—for example, a zebra’s stripes.

The arrangement of leaves on most plants follows a mathematical pattern – new research sheds light on how it evolved.