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Stuff happens: Listening to the Universe
Gravitational waves have opened a new window on the Universe. Find out what they are, how they were detected, and what they promise to reveal.
Stuff Happens: Ordering history in computer science
Our digital lives rely on distributed computer systems, such as the internet, but understanding the order of events in such systems is not always straightforward.
Fourier transforms of images
How to make images out of ripples of pixels...
Women of mathematics
Celebrate female mathematicians with this selection of interviews and videos, which accompany the Women of Mathematics photo exhibition.
Who's watching: Context is everything
Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar may be happening when you are measuring things in quantum physics. Find out more here...
Strategic dating: The 37% rule
Are you stumped by the dating game? Never fear — Plus is here! This article looks at one of the central questions of dating: how many people should you date before settling for something serious?
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 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.
Fantastic Fibonacci
Bees do it, rabbits do it, and luckily, we humans can do it too: explore the famous Fibonacci sequence!
Hunting and being hunted
A model of the interaction between predators and prey explains why sometimes frogs appear to eat snakes.
Maths in a minute: Euler's identity
Here's a quick introduction to the beauty queen amongst mathematical formulas.
The catenary goes to Wembley
Engineer Paul Shepherd explains the famous arch and drops some eggs.
How not to buckle under pressure
Ahmer Wadee explains how to keep tall structures from buckling under their own weight.
Charles Trevelyan: The geometry of design
Furniture designer Charles Trevelyan talks about the importance of maths in designing structures that are not only beautiful but also strong.
The formula that plots (almost) everything
Explore one of the most amazing formulas in maths!
Bach and the musical torus
In a previous article we found a Möbius strip in Bach's music. This time it's a doughnut shape.
1012 and other such numbers
If you like playing with numbers, then this one's for you!
'Why?'
In his latest book Mario Livio investigates our unquenchable thirst for knowledge — including our obsession with social media.