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News from the world of Maths

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December 9, 2008
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News from the world of maths: The Plus sports page: The curse of the duck?
December 1, 2008
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News from the world of maths: The Plus podcast: Small worlds on the brain
December 1, 2008
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News from the world of maths: Heavenly threesome
December 1, 2008
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News from the world of maths: Say cheese! First ever images of exoplanets.
November 25, 2008
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News from the world of maths: Automated mathematics
November 25, 2008
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Automated mathematics
November 25, 2008
Human versus machine: who's better at proving theorems?
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News from the world of maths: The Plus Podcast: Is maths to blame?
November 18, 2008
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  • 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.

  • Maths in a minute: Equal temperatures

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

  • How do we remember? And how quickly do we forget?

    Researchers have shown that the fates of our collective memories, whether of a song, a research paper, an invention or a sports star, are all described by the same mathematical equation.

  • Farewell to a legend

    Sir Michael Atiyah dies aged 89.

  • The mother of all theories

    The holy grail for 21st century physics is to produce a unified theory of everything — M-theory is a prime candidate. Find out more in this video.

  • Black holes and spacetime bubbles

    Masaki Shigemori works on black holes and spacetime bubbles. Find out more in this video.

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