Although homeowners often choose a paver pattern for an outdoor patio based on aesthetic reasons alone, the pattern you choose can also affect the durability and strength of brick patio pavers as well ...

First emerging in Japan in the Asuka period of about 538 to 710 C.E., the intricate woodworking practice of kumiko has since spread worldwide. Once reserved for screens or inlaid panels in handmade ...

A mathematical model explains how geometry and mechanical forces combine to generate the interlocking shells of oysters and other bivalves, according to a study. The 2 sides of oyster shells and those ...

Brachiopods and mollusks are 2 shell-bearing phyla that diverged from a common shell-less ancestor more than 540 million years ago. Brachiopods and bivalve mollusks have also convergently evolved a ...