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What's the best spot to aim a penalty at?

An insightful look at the climate models that predict our future.

Mathematical model predicts Olympic success.

Our messy desk is proof of the second law of thermodynamics...

How popular and successful are you? Not as much as your friends is the sad answer, at least as far as Twitter is concerned.

Why the expected outcome of rolling a die is 3.5.

Some general ideas in very few words and without equations.

Why did physicists at the beginning of the 20th century feel they needed a new — and strange — theory?

Whatever you think of Donald Trump, we bet you didn't think he was good at game theory.

In 2012 the UK government launched a list of the Eight Great technologies of the future. Here's what they are and what role maths has to play in them.