Mathematical models predict how fast a rumour will spread and how many people it's likely to reach.
A model of the interaction between predators and prey explains why sometimes frogs appear to eat snakes.
In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
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A model of backward causation in which the future affects the past could help unite quantum mechanics and general relativity – and satisfy a challenge thrown down almost a century ago by Arthur Eddington.
