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July 16, 2008

Solving two unrelated problems at once

News from the world of maths:

July 3, 2008

News from the world of maths: Global war death toll should be tripled

July 3, 2008

Will you be my friend?

July 3, 2008

Have you got as many friends as you think?

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July 1, 2008

Pi appears in crop circle

July 1, 2008

Well educated aliens

News from the world of maths: Issue 47 out now!

June 17, 2008

News from the world of maths: The Plus podcast: Catching waves

June 10, 2008

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.

The catenary goes to Wembley

Engineer Paul Shepherd explains the famous arch and drops some eggs.
Stuff Happens: Ordering history in computer science

Our digital lives rely on distributed computer systems, such as the internet, but understanding the order of events in such systems is not always straightforward.
1012 and other such numbers

If you like playing with numbers, then this one's for you!
How not to buckle under pressure

Ahmer Wadee explains how to keep tall structures from buckling under their own weight.
Bach and the musical torus

In a previous article we found a Möbius strip in Bach's music. This time it's a doughnut shape.

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