When you pluck a guitar string it vibrates at many resonant frequencies at once. What might that look like? Find out with our animation.
The Laplacian operator turns up all over maths. Here's a reasonably light-touch introduction and a look at why it forms part of the wave equation.
If you sprinkle sand on a vibrating plate it forms the most beautiful patterns. We explore why that happens, what it has to do with mathematical pioneer Sophie Germain, and how the question opens up a huge range of maths.
The sound of a plucked string depends on how long it is, so you can hear the length of a string. But can you hear the shape of a drum?
On September 8th, 2026, OpenAI announced that one of its systems had solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem. But has the problem really been solved? What exactly was the contribution of AI? And what does the advance of AI on mathematics mean for the field?
AI has recently solved some very hard maths problems. Did AI really do this on its own? What does it mean for the future of mathematics? And how should the maths community respond?
There's an equation which describes the flow of heat. We have a look at where it comes from.
In a network, not all nodes are created equal. Find out about three neat ways of measuring the importance of a node.
Ranganathan won a prestigious Whitehead Prize for shattering geometric shapes and then putting them back together again.
There's been an announcement that an AI system solved one of the most famous problems in maths. Here's a quick look at the problem and why the announcement is significant.
Ahead of this summer’s exam results, the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences took its Maths Can Take You Anywhere campaign into thousands of schools and colleges across the UK, highlighting the many career pathways that mathematics can open up for students.
Hot weather, cold air conditioning, and fantastic mathematics — we report on our experience at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians.
