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The two envelopes problem solvedHere's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.

Error correcting codesLearn about magical mathematical methods for fixing errors on the fly.

Genetics: Nature's digital codeIs nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?

A very useful pandemicCambridge researchers, the BBC, and thousands of citizen scientists have created a revolutionary infectious disease data set.

Maths in a minute: Graphs and the degree sum formulaDouble counting proves a neat result in graph theory.

The unreasonable relationship between mathematics and physicsCan physics do for maths what maths has done for physics?

Stephen Hawking: Milestones of a life in physicsA quick tour to some of Hawking's most significant achievements.

Maths in a minute: Dark energyWhat is dark energy and how do we know it's there?

Maths in a minute: Dark matterPhysicists believe that around 82% of all the matter in the Universe is invisible dark matter. But if it's invisible how do they know it's there?

Cosmic modelsCosmology has an ambitious goal: to understand the Universe in its entirety. Find out more here.

Cosmic soundTaking apart the CMB picture using the maths of sound.

If our Universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into?Since he Universe is all there is, there's nothing for it to expand into. So what does "expansion" mean?