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The Fields Medals: Maths in the media
Plus new writers award: last chance to enter
Readers' corner: Why is nim easy and chess hard?

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Outer space: Bridging that gap

How to keep up the suspense

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If you can't bend it, model it!

Learn about the aerodynamics of footballs and perfect your free kick.

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You've probably seen pictures of the famed Mandelbrot set and its mysterious cousins, the Julia sets. In this article Robert L. Devaney explores the maths behind these beauties and shows that they're loaded with mathematical meaning.

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Defying gravity: The uphill roller

What goes up must come down — or does it? Find out how to cheat gravity with Julian Havil.

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Music and Euclid's algorithm

What does a mathematician from the 3rd century BC have to do with tuning musical instruments in 17th century Europe? Benjamin Wardhaugh tells us about one of the more unusual places you might find Euclid's algorithm being used.

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Graphical methods III: the slugs bounce back

In the last article of this three-part series, Phil Wilson shows how simple graphs can tell you a lot about the economy — and not only in Slugworld.

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