The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees.

A picture supposedly showing an unusual wood pattern beneath the bark of a burned tree is met with a wide range of reactions (and humorous comments) whenever it circulates on social media: This is ...

Alongside these, at the Crick Institute in London, the exhibition Deconstructing Patterns (until December 1) demonstrates how even the discipline of bio-medical science is a search for pattern.