The cactus lives up to its name—its bright yellow spines and nearly spherical shape make it a perfect focal point in a garden.

To counteract water’s tight pull, soaps and detergents thin out the solution, reducing surface tension just enough to allow bubbles to expand while still maintaining an energy-efficient spherical shape.

D radiodurans, which has a red spherical shape, was discovered five decades ago after a can of corned beef went rotten despite having been sterilised by radiation.

Amorphous particles usually adopt a spherical shape (due to their microstructural isotropy), whereas the shape of anisotropic microcrystalline whiskers corresponds to their particular crystal habit.

Due to the spherical shape of fly ash particles, it can increase workability of cement while reducing water demand.