When I was a kid, I loved doing connect-the-dots drawings. I enjoyed discovering a pattern. Those who suggest conspiracy theories know the brain's natural ability to find patterns. They know that just ...

That dense pile of unstructured data may look like an impenetrable universe, but upon closer examination, the mammoth mass of raw information holds insights that can greatly benefit healthcare. It ...

You've likely heard of hot hands or hot streaks -- periods of repeated successes -- in sports, financial markets and gambling. But do hot streaks exist in individual creative careers? You've likely ...

Finding patterns in genetic uncertainty: Clues for inborn errors of immunity by Jordan Shaked, Yale University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Once a machine-vision system has acquired an image, a software image-analysis algorithm, known as a pattern-finding tool (PFT), must determine whether the image contains a particular pattern. While ...

“Genius is vision, often involving the gift of finding patterns where others see nothing but a chance collection of objects (Andersen, 2013).” My grandkids loved to play “I Spy.” It is a game we often ...