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The power of ants
Find out how these humble animals have inspired computer algorithms to solve complex real-world problems.
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?
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.
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.)
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.
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)
Tools made of light win 2018 Nobel prize in physics
Revolutionary laser tools have won the Nobel prize in physics.
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)?
Kurt Gödel: A postard from Vienna
Wim Hordijk recently sent us a digital postcard from Vienna, where he had traced the steps of the eminent mathematician Kurt Gödel. Here is what he discovered.
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.
Maths in a minute: Escape velocity
Would you like to get away from Earth? Here's how fast you would need to go.
Helping men with early prostate cancer
A new online tool developed with the help of statisticians enables patients to make informed treatment choices.
A cute problem goes big
Mathematicians have revived an old approach to solving the famous Riemann hypothesis.