So easy to describe, yet so hard to prove.

Clever geometry produces materials that shrink when heated.

If only the fittest survive, how can we explain the evolution of altruism? Mathematics has some answers.

The US election circus is in full swing. Here's a dose of election maths to help you through.

Why a positive test result doesn't necessarily mean you have the disease.

Computer scientists have made a breakthrough in the theory of cake cutting.

Are there problems computers will never be able to solve, no matter how powerful they become?

In the 1930s Alan Turing discovered a computer program that is logically impossible. What other limits are there to computation?

Journey to the limits of computation with a number that's easy to describe but can't be calculated.

Why a DNA match doesn't necessarily prove your guilt.

Mathematicians are working hard to understand an impenetrable proof of the famous ABC conjecture.