When you have eight different shades of paper and fold four differently colored sheets together at a time, how many unique squares can you create? Charlene Morrow poses that question as she stands in ...

World Origami Days, a celebration of the art of paper-folding, is currently underway in the U.S. and across the world. The non-profit organization OrigamiUSA encourages origami enthusiasts to promote ...

When we say that Erik Demaine has spent the best part of the past two decades folding paper into funny shapes, it’s a bit more impressive than it sounds. In fact, as an 18-year-old Ph.D. student (yes, ...

Note: You can use any lightweight paper medium for this activity. A4 construction paper will suffice. Wrapping paper is easier to fold. Fold time: Diagonally fold a large paper rectangle (A4 or larger ...

Origami — the art of making various shapes from a single piece of paper — has been realized at the nanoscale using DNA. Sheets of ‘DNA wireframe paper’ have been developed that, through folding along ...