All of science can be regarded as motivated by the search for rules behind the randomness of nature, and attempts to make prediction in the presence of uncertainty. Chris Budd describes the search for pattern and order in chaos.

Human beings are famously prone to error, and proof-readers are, after all, only human. But who picks up the errors a proof-reader misses? John D. Barrow challenges readers to estimate the errors that aren't found from the errors that are.

The 2003 Dirac Lecturer, distinguished physicist Freeman Dyson, tells Plus why he is an optimist, what makes life interesting and why old-fashioned maths is what you need for physics.

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?