A mathematical "paradox" explains why more roads don't necessarily mean fewer traffic jams.

Why there are only three regular polygons you can tile a wall with.

What does packing balls in higher dimensions have to do with getting your message across?

What is dark matter and how can the LHC find it?

Using maths to simulate the behaviour of criminals.

How the maths that is used to predict earthquakes can help fight gang crime.

How a special kind of curve can keep your data safe.

Fermat's little theorem and fake primes.

Marcus du Sautoy talks about football, cryptography, and numbers.

How calculating the height of a frustum gave a glimpse of the mathematical frontier.

Should we let go of the "one person, one vote" principle?