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How does the voting system for the European Parliament elections work?

Start with your favourite four-digit number, follow these simple steps, and you'll never guess what happens next!

How should the seats in the European Parliament be allocated?

How to unjam traffic.

In preparation for this year's snooker world championship, Wim Hordijk finds some powerful maths behind snooker statistics...

The mathematical puzzle behind the iconic structure.

What is a particle phenomenologist?

Find out how OKCupid's algorithm works.

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Celebrating black mathematicians

Cambridge joins Black History Month celebrations with an event showcasing the contributions of black mathematicians.
Charmed beauty confirms particle theory

A new particle that has recently been discovered at CERN confirms predictions made by theoretical physicists over six years ago.
Our changing picture of gravity

To celebrate the recent centenary of the first major test of Einstein's general theory of relativity, we look back over how our picture of gravity has changed.
Less is more: The quest for minimal surfaces

For over 250 years minimal surfaces have been playing hide and seek with mathematicians. But what are they and why are they interesting?
Maths: The next generation

What do young researchers in maths and computer science work on? We find out at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2019.