Mathematical evidence indicates that our universe is flat, but it could be infinitely big, as well. You can figure out if an object is flat with a simple pencil-and-paper geometry exercise. To ...

Scientists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created wood ink that can be extruded into flat wooden structures, self-morphing into complex 3D shapes as they dry and shrink.

In their paper, titled "Creating Furniture-Scale Deployable Objects with a Computer-Controlled Sewing Machine," they describe a collection of functional flat-to-shape artifacts they created with ...

The net of a 3D shape is what it looks like if it is opened out flat. There are many types of nets for the different 3D shapes. A net is made from polygons that can be folded and joined to make a ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Dynamic Noodles: Flat Pasta That Turns Into 3-D Shapes: All You Need to Do Is Add ...

They are commonplace because we learn about two-dimensional versions of these shapes as children: triangles, squares, dodecahedrons, and other convex polygons [a polygon is any flat shape made ...

For example, when macaroni is packaged, around 60 per cent of the space in the box or bag is air, estimates Wang. The 2D pasta morphs into 3D shapes when boiled because each piece is lined with ...

But like many aspects of type mechanics, overshoot comes in degrees. Slow curves behave more like flat shapes, lingering near baselines longer than rounder, sharper curves would.