For decades, hearing experts thought that the cochlea's spiral shape was simply an efficient packing job and its shape had no effect on how this critical hearing organ functions. But a recent study by ...

Todd Swanson of the Hope College mathematics faculty has co-authored the textbook “A Spiral Approach to Financial Mathematics,” offering a new way of learning the concepts. The book is being published ...

Math is exceedingly useful in physics, engineering and everywhere else, but let us not forget: math is also beautiful. Take the spiral, for instance. Simple mathematical spirals have been the focus of ...