The "crumpled paper" exercise is intended to reduce bullying, but is more likely to intensify it. Unlike inanimate paper, living creatures heal from bruises and even get stronger.

In time, a semblance of order emerged. Crumpled wads of paper are no doubt as old and commonplace as paper itself – “graves for failed theories”, Gottesman, a physicist, has called them.

That’s because they study the physics of crumpled balls of paper, which contain deeper mysteries than you might expect. Take a sheet of A4, scrunch it up and throw it at a colleague.

If you've ever uncrumpled a crumpled piece of paper, you may have noticed the creases form in geometric patterns. But you probably didn't! It's a crumpled piece of paper! Well, next time, look ...

Crumpled paper is unusually weight-resistant. Its patterns are entirely unpredictable. Even with the same sheet, they’re impossible to replicate. See why. It’s mind-bending but true: the ...

The "crumpled paper" exercise is intended to reduce bullying, but is more likely to intensify it. Unlike inanimate paper, living creatures heal from bruises and even get stronger.