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Error correcting codes

Learn about magical mathematical methods for fixing errors on the fly.

Genetics: Nature's digital code

Is nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?

A very useful pandemic

Cambridge 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 formula

Double counting proves a neat result in graph theory.

The unreasonable relationship between mathematics and physics

Can physics do for maths what maths has done for physics?

Stephen Hawking: Milestones of a life in physics

A quick tour to some of Hawking's most significant achievements.

Maths in a minute: Dark energy

What 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 models

Cosmology has an ambitious goal: to understand the Universe in its entirety. Find out more here.

Cosmic sound

Taking apart the CMB picture using the maths of sound.

If our Universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into?

Since he Universe is all there is, there's nothing for it to expand into. So what does "expansion" mean?

Cosmic peaks

Some of the Universe's most important secrets are hidden in the shape of a beautiful undulating curve: the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave spectrum. This article explains how.