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Saving whales using Pythagoras
One of the greatest threats to whales is being struck by ships. Find out how Pythagoras' theorem can help avoid this.
Our theory of very nearly everything: the particles
What is everything made of?
Maths in a crowd
Many things in nature seem to be striving for a purpose — the carefully choreographed flocking of birds is an example. Are these birds smart enough to follow a common goal or is the apparent purpose an illusion? Find out with these articles. (Photo: Walter Baxter.)
How do we remember? And how quickly do we forget?
Maths describes the way we create and lose our collective memories. (Image by Nick Gentry)
Ramanujan: Dream of the possible
A hundred years ago the self-taught genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Here is a look at the maths that gained him the title.
Rise of the machines?
Machine learning is the most important recent development in artificial intelligence. Find out how it works, what it can do, where it comes from and whether it's ethical with this collection of articles.
Tools made of light win 2018 Nobel prize in physics
Revolutionary laser tools have won the Nobel prize in physics.
Citizen science: Schumann resonances
Find out about the resonant electromagnetic waves circling the Earth, created by lightning.
The ICM 2018
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) took place in Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of August. This page comprises all the articles, videos and podcasts we made at this mother of all maths conferences, featuring some of the winners of the prestigious prizes that are awarded at the ICM.
The maths of randomness
Probability theory – the maths of randomness – makes sense. Fields medallist Martin Hairer explains.
Pure maths in crisis?
Proof is the essence of mathematics. But is the standard of proof in research maths really as high as mathematicians would like to believe? Kevin Buzzard argues it's not.
The central place of GPS in our lives
Celebrating GPS with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
Synchronised swimming
How do green algae manage a perfect breaststroke even though they haven't got a brain? The maths of synchronisation explains and even sheds light on evolution.
The Abel Prize 2019
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!
The selfish herd
From flocks of starlings to spiral galaxies: this article explores examples of emergent phenomena in nature.
Maths in a minute: Flipping pancakes
In time for pancake day here's a problem about flipping pancakes. It turns out to be surprisingly hard.
Happy International Women's Day 2019!
We celebrate International Women's Day with some of our favourite articles and videos from the last year.
Celebrating pi day with a new record
Just in time for pi day Emma Haruka Iwao announces that she's calculated a record 31 trillion digits of the beloved number.