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How to (im)prove mathematics

Find out how a story starting with the simple notion of counting ends in a revolutionary new way of doing maths that uses computers to harness the power of human collaboration!
Artificial intelligence and deep learning: Your questions answered

Find out about this important new technology and be part of the conversation.
The murmuration conjecture: finding new maths with AI

Artificial intelligence is changing all our lives - even the lives of mathematicians! Yang-Hui He tells us about his exciting new conjecture, developed with the help of AI, that reveals patterns in the prime numbers that look like flocks of birds.
GO-Science National Numeracy Day challenge!

We're helping the Government Office for Science to bring you an Olympic challenge for National Numeracy Day!
What is a square?

If a shape has equal sides and all 90 degree angles then it's a square, right? Well, wrong! Find out how to draw right-angled triangles and even pentagons in this short article.
Too big to write but not too big for Graham

Meet the number that's bigger than the observable Universe!
The COVID-19 vaccines: Your questions answered

Are they safe? Are they effective? Will they stop the pandemic? Find out with our FAQ informed by experts.
Counting rose petals

The beautiful rose curve has an odd pattern to the number of its petals – this student and teacher team explain why...
Myths of maths: The golden ratio

The golden ratio has many amazing properties. But is it really a secret of nature and the epitome of beauty?
Strategic dating: The 37% rule

How many people should you date before settling for a relationship?

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The EMS Prizes 2024: Tom Hutchcroft

Tom Hutchcroft has won a prestigious EMS Prize at the European Congress of Mathematics 2024, for work on mathematical models that can help us figure out phase transitions.
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The EMS Prizes 2024: Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery has won a prestigious EMS Prize at the European Congress of Mathematics 2024 for work on objects so ubiquitous in everyday life it's easy to forget they're mathematical: networks.
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The European Congress of Mathematics 2024!

The ninth European Congress of Mathematics has kicked off in Seville, Spain, and we're here too!
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Euromaths: Maryna Viazovska

We celebrate the run-up to the European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) with Fields Medallist Maryna Viazovska who previously won a prestigious EMS prize at the ECM.

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Moduli spaces: A journey into the world of shapes

How many different surfaces are there? The question seems impossible to answer but mathematicians are good at dealing with multitudes. Follow us into the world of moduli spaces!
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Beating bird flu with maths

With bird flu spreading through cattle herds in the US and infecting humans, the diseases poses a severe threat to wild life, poultry and also people. What can mathematical modelling do to help?
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Maths in a Minute: Group actions

What exactly do we mean when we say group theory is the study of symmetry? Group actions make precise what it means for a group to act by symmetries on an object.
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Tying together black holes, quantum gravity and number theory

"The 20th century was the interaction of geometry and physics, and the 21st century is the interaction of number theory with physics." Find out why in our conversation with Yang-Hui He from the London Institute of Mathematical Sciences!

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