Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. There are two types: Riddle… ...

The idea that patterns in crops would contain mathematical elements seems very mysterious to many crop circle aficionados. After all, it proves that some sort of intelligence is behind the design.

Fibonacci number patterns and triangular patterns with intrinsic defects occur frequently on nonplanar surfaces in nature, particularly in plants. By controlling the geometry and the stress upon ...