How do green algae manage a perfect breaststroke even though they haven't got a brain? Enter the maths of synchronisation.

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!

One of the greatest threats to whales is being struck by ships. Find out how Pythagoras' theorem can help avoid this.

In time for pancake day here's a problem about flipping pancakes. It turns out to be surprisingly hard.

What is everything made of? In the final article in this series, Elias Gårding takes us to the very edge of our current knowledge.

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What is everything made of? Elias Gårding begins a fascinating series of articles that will tell you everything we currently know about the answer to this question.

From flocks of starlings to spiral galaxies: this article explores examples of emergent phenomena in nature.

Find out how a square grid and some simple rules can generate complex patterns and life-like behaviour.

Human beings are wilful and don't always act rationally. Yet, mathematical models of the behaviour of crowds are surprisingly accurate.

At any point in time there are two points on the Earth's equator with the same temperature.