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The brilliant mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has died, aged just 40.

Fill those gaps between matches, and the tennis vacuum that will ensue after Wimbledon, with some tennis maths!

The probability distribution that measures success and failure.

The practice of overbooking has made uncomfortable headlines lately. But how do airlines decide how many tickets to sell for a flight? Here's the maths.

Polar coordinates are great for circles and spirals!

Why do most of us stick to social rules? Game theory offers an explanation.

The newly observed ripple in spacetime will help us unlock some of the secrets of the Universe.

Is maths beautiful? New research into the workings of our brains suggests that it is.

Mindless games can produce surprising results.

A brief introduction to the famous nurse and statistician.

Are pretty lizard patterns the result of a living cellular automaton?