A call to action on COVID-19An urgent call has gone out to the scientific modelling community to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Two Cambridge mathematicians are helping to lead the charge.
Maths in a minute: Voronoi diagramsWe look at a crafty mathematical device which, among other things, has helped people understand what causes cholera.
How can maths fight a pandemic?How do mathematical models of COVID-19 work and should we believe them? We talk to an epidemiologist, who has been working flat out to inform the government, to find out more.
Myths of maths: The four colour theoremIt's one of mathematics' most famous results: every "map" can be coloured using at most four colours. What it doesn't usually apply to, however, are real maps.
Myths of maths: The golden ratioThe golden ratio has many amazing properties. But is it really a secret of nature and the epitome of beauty?
Maths in a minute: Hawking radiationNothing, not even light, can escape from a black hole. Or can it? Find out about one of Stephen Hawking's most radical results.