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The 2016 Plus advent calendar
In this busy time why not put your feet up and learn some maths in just a few minutes with this year's Plus advent calendar. Now what's behind today's door?
The shape of things to come: part i
This year's Nobel Prize for Physics brings together the physics of materials with one of our favourite areas of maths – topology.
Watch and learn?
Can the very act of observing something change what's being observed? This series of articles and videos explores some basic questions about the role of the observers in physics.
The mathematics of kindness
If only the fittest survive, how can we explain the evolution of altruism? Mathematics has some answers.
Cut your cake and eat it (eventually)
Computer scientists have made a breakthrough in the theory of cake cutting.
Hunting and being hunted
A model of the interaction between predators and prey explains why sometimes frogs appear to eat snakes.
Introducing Andrew Wiles
In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
Image © Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation / Flemming – 2016
Five of Euler's best
Five favourite problems inspired by Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Climate change: Does it all add up?
An insightful look at the climate models that predict our future.
Humans, machines, and the future of work
With intelligent machines taking over more and more of our jobs, what does the rise of AI mean for humanity?
Andrew Wiles: what does it feel like to do maths?
Andrew Wiles tells us about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
Spontaneous spirals
Simple mathematical rules can make for some interesting psychedelic science.
The maths of Spider-Man
If you want to climb vertical walls you need very large feet — or be as small as a gecko.
Happy birthday Ramanujan!
The self-taught genius would have turned 129 this month.
'A mathematician's apology'
Inspired by The man who knew infinity, here's a review of G. H. Hardy's unrivalled masterpiece.
Simone Biles: Defying the laws of physics?
Simone Biles stunned audiences at the 2016 Olympics with a move that appeared to defy gravity. Did it really? Two sports scientists explain the physics of the Biles.
Bach and the musical Möbius strip
Discover (and listen to) the Möbius strip that's hidden within one of Bach's famous canons.
New £1 coin gets even
The twelve sides of the new £1 coin make it trickier than other coins.