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A new competition invites young people aged 11 to 19 to explore the history of maths for a chance to win cash prizes.

One of the greatest honours in maths has been awarded for the proof of Fermat's last theorem.

We celebrate the most famous of mathematical constants with a circle puzzle.

We're celebrating the occasion with some favourite talks by female mathematicians of the last year.

Finally we can be sure — black holes, those gravitational monsters that gobble up everything that gets too close to them, do exist.

Physicists have finally detected the gravitational waves they have been chasing for nearly 100 years.

Prime number enthusiasts discover new largest prime with 22,338,618 digits.

Rumours abound that physicists have detected gravitational waves produced by the merger of two black holes.

Play a game to while away those last 24 hours before Christmas.

Fold and cut a fantastic fractal Christmas tree!

Think of a number, square it and subtract your starting number. Is there something special about the number you are left with?

What is game theory and why is it important?