For over 100 years, psychologists have known that most people prefer curviness over angularity in practically everything — like lines, shapes, faces, paintings, and interior spaces. This phenomenon has been observed across cultures, in infants, and even in great apes.
![Alán Aspuru-Guzik presents information and stands in front of a large screen that says, "The materials of the future today."](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ne_3btn_widget/public/AlanAspuru-GuzikRome-lead.jpg?itok=F8hrK_3l "Alán Aspuru-Guzik presents information and stands in front of a large screen that says, "The materials of the future today."")
