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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.
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.
Welcome to the FIFA World Cup!
From making penalties fairer or taking the perfect free kick, to designing an ideal ball and predicting results using an octopus, it's all there in our collection of football articles. Take your pick!
Citizen science: Schumann resonances
Find out about the resonant electromagnetic waves circling the Earth, created by lightning.
Who's watching: The limits of observation
Physics is all about observation, but how much can we actually see? We explore some of the limits of observation — be they natural, scientific, political, or down to the fuzzy quantum nature of reality.
The selfish herd
From flocks of starlings to spiral galaxies: this article explores examples of emergent phenomena in nature.
A conversation with Caucher Birkar
Fields medallist Caucher Birkar tells us about his work and his unusual mathematical journey.
The physics of language
Sanjaye Ramgoolam uses techniques from physics in linguistics, the study of languages. Find out more in this video.
Seeing double
The double copy is an attempt to get at one of the hardest problems of modern physics by finding similarities in the maths of different theories. In this video Nadia Bahjat-Abbas explains.
Emmy Noether and the power of symmetry
We celebrate the centenary of a mathematical result that changed the character of physics.
GIMPS sets new prime record
A new prime number with nearly 25 million digits was discovered just in time for Christmas.
Farewell to a legend
Sir Michael Atiyah, one of the most important mathematicians of the twentieth century, dies aged 89.
Maths in a minute: Equal temperatures
At any point in time there are two points on the Earth's equator with the same temperature. Don't believe it? Here's a proof.