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Symmetry
The maths of randomness: symmetrySymmetry is one of the two guiding principles in understanding probabilities – if different outcomes are equivalent they should have the same probability.
The two envelopes problem solvedHere's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.
Error correcting codesLearn about magical mathematical methods for fixing errors on the fly.
Genetics: Nature's digital codeIs nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?
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A very useful pandemicCambridge researchers, the BBC, and thousands of citizen scientists have created a revolutionary infectious disease data set.
Maths in a minute: Graphs and the degree sum formulaDouble counting proves a neat result in graph theory.
The unreasonable relationship between mathematics and physicsCan physics do for maths what maths has done for physics?
Stephen Hawking: Milestones of a life in physicsA quick tour to some of Hawking's most significant achievements.
Maths in a minute: Dark energyWhat is dark energy and how do we know it's there?
Maths in a minute: Dark matterPhysicists believe that around 82% of all the matter in the Universe is invisible dark matter. But if it's invisible how do they know it's there?
Cosmic modelsCosmology has an ambitious goal: to understand the Universe in its entirety. Find out more here.
Cosmic soundTaking apart the CMB picture using the maths of sound.