PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
Sun’s fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229673.100-suns-fractal-surprise-could-help-fusion-on-earth.html#.VPaOnOEwBdA
Turbulent black holes grow fractal skins as they feed
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25472-turbulent-black-holes-grow-fractal-skins-as-they-feed.html#.VPaP–EwBdA
Fractals seen in throbs of pulsating golden stars
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26867-fractals-seen-in-throbs-of-pulsating-golden-stars.html#.VPaQKeEwBdA
Galaxy map hints at fractal universe
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14200-galaxy-map-hints-at-fractal-universe.html#.VPaQoOEwBdA
Physicists net fractal butterfly
http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-net-fractal-butterfly-1.13717
A BALLOON PRODUCING BALLOONS, PRODUCING BALLOONS:A BIG FRACTAL
http://edge.org/conversation/a-balloon-producing-balloons-producing-balloons-a-big-fractal-
Can fractals make sense of the quantum world?
http://www.msel-naschie.com/news-fractals.cfm
GEOLOGY AND METEOROLOGY
Tomorrow’s weather: Cloudy, with a chance of fractals
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427335.600-tomorrows-weather-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-fractals.html?full=true
Earth’s Most Stunning Natural Fractal Patterns
http://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-patterns-in-nature/
Google fractals reveal Earth’s beauty, as collated by WA supercomputer
scientist
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/science/google-earth-fractals-reveal-natures-beauty/story-fn5iztw3-1226502322656
BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Fractal patterns of early life revealed
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6162-fractal-patterns-of-early-life-revealed.html#.VPaS5eEwBdA
Cells go fractal
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090904/full/news.2009.880.html
Fractal Brains: Fractal Thoughts
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-chaotic-life/200909/fractal-brains-fractal-thoughts
ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The fractals at the heart of African designs
http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals?language=en
Pharaoh’s playground revealed by missing fractals
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528743.500-pharaohs-playground-revealed-by-missing-fractals.html#.VPaREeEwBdA
TECHNOLOGY
Fractal-shaped Tiles Developed For New Broadband Antenna Class
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031020054315.htm
ECONOMICS AND LAW
Over-reliance on the Black-Scholes trading model led to the 1998 collapse of hedge fund Long Term Capital Management with losses of $4.6 billion. The model assumed price fluctuations were smooth and Gaussian, whereas data going back millennia shows price variations are fractal with a power-law distribution.
How Fractals Can Explain What’s Wrong with Wall Street
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/multifractals-explain-wall-street/
How Long is the Coastline of the Law?
Thoughts on the Fractal Nature of Legal Systems
http://kaahlsfiles.com/thesis/thesis%20papers/3%20Low/fractals.pdf
MUSIC, ART AND ARCHITECTURE
One of the main applications of fractals today is in the movie special
effects industry, from simple textures that make surfaces more realistic,
to advanced fluid dynamical simulations, such as the foaming water horses
from Lord of the Rings.
3D Fractal Flame Wisps
http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2704&context=all_theses
Reduction of Physiological Stress Using Fractal Art and Architecture
http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/taylor/human_response/Response%28leonardo%29.pdf
Fractals in Architecture
http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/Panorama/Architecture/Arch/Arch.html
Fractal Musical Rhythms
http://www.wired.com/2012/02/fractal-musical-rhythms/
Artist uses crochet to create mathematically accurate sculptures of clouds
http://io9.com/5876510/artist-uses-crochet-to-create-scientifically-accurate-fractal-clouds
Some reflections on the relevance of fractals for art therapy
http://dept.wofford.edu/neuroscience/NeuroSeminar/psfSpring2013/Joye_paper.pdf