Laws and disorderCan simple equations really describe the complex world we live in?
Infinite sums and China's demographicsChina has recently revoked its one-child policy. What better occasion to explore the mathematics of population growth with a surprising example.
Maths in a minute: Bayes' theoremIt would be foolish to ignore evidence. Luckily Bayes' theorem shows us how to take it in into account.
The maths of February 29Find out why leap years exist, why you have to wait 400 years for your birthday pattern to repeat, and why there are so many Fridays falling on a 13th.
What are sigma levels?Find out how scientists, from physicists to geneticists, measure their confidence in their results.
It from bit?Does reality arise from information? What does this even mean? Anton Zeilinger explains the impact of John Wheeler's radical idea.
Inferring the Limits on RealityThe fuzziness of the quantum realm could arise from mathematical restrictions on what can ever be known.
Maxwell's equations and the secrets of nature Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Maxwell's equations we talk to physicist John Ellis about what they mean for modern technology and our understanding of the Universe.
Reality's neverending storyIn The Neverending Story a little boy named Bastian discovers that there's something extraordinary about the book he's smuggled into his backpack: it changes as he reads it. The act of reading "The Neverending Story" Bastian finds, is simultaneously the act of writing it. Could our universe be in a similar loop?
