Indeed. Ever since Penrose found his pair, people have been looking for ways to do it with just one.
There was one ‘tile’ composed of disconnected pieces found (Socolar–Taylor tile - Wikipedia), but this is the first with just one proper continuous single tile.
The shape itself is remarkably simple, just 4 thirds of a regular hexagon, though the way it fits together over larger scales is quite complex.
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