The Fibonacci sequence appears in sunflower seed patterns, pinecones, and galaxy spirals

Trees communicate through underground fungal networks called the 'Wood Wide Web'

Trees exchange nutrients and information via mycorrhizal networks, known as the 'Wood Wide Web'

What does Benoit Mandelbrot mean by fractal geometry and how does it illustrate the concept of self-similarity in complex natural systems?

Fractal geometry describes irregular shapes with self-similar patterns at every scale, reflecting complexity in nature

The word 'algorithm' comes from al-Khwarizmi, a 9th-century Persian mathematician

'Algorithm' derives from Al-Khwarizmi's name, pioneering mathematician

Your DNA stretched end to end would reach the Sun and back over 600 times

Human DNA length: 2 meters, Sun-Earth distance: 150 million km, repetitions: 900,000,000

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches

Stars vastly outnumber Earth's sand grains

If the gravitational constant were twice as large as its current value, how would the orbital period of Earth around the Sun change?

Orbital period would halve due to inverse square law relationship