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Our changing picture of gravity
We look back over how our picture of gravity has changed Image courtesy NASA.
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.
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.
Complex numbers: Why do we love them?
Have you ever wondered what complex numbers are good for, both within and outside of maths? Find out with this collection of articles and videos.
From dust to us
Where planets are born is not necessarily where they will stay…
The Fibonacci sequence: A brief introduction
Anything involving bunny rabbits has to be good.
The PEMDAS Paradox
What answer do you get when
you calculate 6÷ 2(1+2)?
Mysterious 6174
Start with your favourite four-digit number, follow these simple steps, and you'll never guess what happens next!
Maths behind the rainbow
Keats complained that a mathematical explanation of rainbows robs them of their magic, conquering "all mysteries by rule and line". But rainbow geometry is just as elegant as the rainbows themselves.
A ridiculously short introduction to some very basic quantum mechanics
Some general ideas in very few words and without equations.
Phantom jams
Traffic jams are particularly annoying when they occur for no apparent reason. A little maths goes a long way in explaining and avoiding such phantom jams.
No maths for Europe
The upcoming European Parliament elections are a political problem for the UK. But they also present a mathematical challenge which mathematicians from around Europe have been invited to solve.