Find out why hexagons are the perfect shape for bee hives. Other shapes wouldn't work quite as well, but the hexagon is just right for bee hives. Have a science question of your own? Send it along to ...

White-faced hornets, like other wasps, build single horizontal paper combs. Bees, such as honeybees, build back-to-back vertical wax combs. There's one thing they both do — make hexagon cells. This ...

Believers in sacred geometry ascribe power and significance to naturally occurring shapes. They see them as evidence of organization — likely by a higher power. Within this small group, there is a ...