Harold Shipman could have been detected earlier by monitoring the death rates of his patients.

Mathematics shows that open source software beats closed source software in the race to fix bugs.

The Institute of Physics and Rambert Dance Company are planning to celebrate the theories of Einstein through dance.

The geometry says that now is the right time for a mission to Mars.

Mathematics is helping machines decide when is the best time to interrupt us with a call or email.

Can Dan Goldston and Cem Yalcin Yildrim repair the hole in their proof to make the biggest breakthrough in prime number theory for 80 years?

Researchers have used mathematical modelling to understand the evolution of the influenza virus.

The mathematics of Grigori Perelman may earn him a million dollars, if no holes are found in his proof of the Poincaré Conjecture.

To study a system, mathematicians begin by identifying its most crucial elements, and try to describe them in simple mathematical terms. As Phil Wilson tells us, this simplification is the essence of mathematical modelling.

Win cold hard cash and bring mathematics to the people by entering the THES and OUP science writing competition.