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The hidden beauty of multiplication tables
There are some amazing patterns hiding within simple arithmetic.
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Tricky teacups
One of our favourite problems from our sister site NRICH opens a door to the world of combinatorics and symmetry.
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Wavelets catch Abel Prize
This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Yves Meyer for the development of an incredibly powerful mathematical tool.
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Contextuality — The most quantum thing
Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar happens with measurements in quantum physics. Find out more here...
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The quantum reality paradox
What does contextually mean for real-life measurements and what does it have to do with religious questions?
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Riding the pilot wave
Pilot wave theory is an extension of quantum mechanics that doesn't exhibit any of that weird randomness or fuzziness. But that doesn't mean it's totally sane. Here is a quick introduction.
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Face fusion
The maths behind music has inspired software that can merge faces.
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Colouring by numbers: The Kochen-Specker theorem
The Kochen-Specker theorem shows that quantum mechanics is always going to be strange. Its proof is surprisingly simple!
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Maths in a minute: Linear regression
A useful tool for spotting trends in data.
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Citizen science: Facts or fake news?
A little bit of maths can go a long way in telling the truth from lies.
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Uncovering the mathematics of information
Taming big data – Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb tells us about a new institute researching the mathematics of information
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International women's day 2017
To celebrate international women's day we bring you some favourite articles from the last year that have been written by (or with major input from) women.