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Some lovely proofs by picture

Don't like trigonometry? Don't worry, here are three beautiful proofs of a well-known result that make do without it.
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Giving numbers meaning

Our favourite communicator of risk talks about the statistics of COVID-19, the quality of government briefings, and how to counter misinformation.
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Universe Unravelled

We're proud to announce the launch of a documentary we have been working on together with the Discovery Channel and the Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in Cambridge.
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Changing perspectives

Henry Wilton has won a Whitehead Prize for work that combines geometry and algebra.
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Dynamic numbers

Holly Krieger has won a Whitehead Prize for work that combines number theory and dynamical systems.
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Taming complexity

Maria Bruna has won a Whitehead Prize for finding a systematic way of simplifying complex systems.
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Black holes win Nobel Prize

Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez win the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on black holes.