A public discussion explores deep questions

The highest honour in maths has been awarded to four mathematicians

Mathematicians and artists mingle in London

Take part in research from home, and help defeat malaria with Africa@home.

Van Gogh paintings mimic the physics that governs turbulence

Asteroid just missed Earth

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has been launched

Goal keepers defend against the maths of the new World Cup ball

Maths uncovers hidden files lurking within digital images.

How to keep warm and safe

In last issue's Graphical methods I Phil Wilson used maths to predict the outcome of a cold war in slug world. In this self-contained article he looks at slug world after the disaster: with only a few survivors and all infra-structure destroyed, which species will take root and how will they develop? Graphs can tell it all.