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Should people learn maths until age 18?Here are some reasons we think it's not a bad idea.
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Maths in a minute: Ensemble forecastingHow does your weather app know the percentage chance of rain? It's down to ensemble forecasting!
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The Plus advent calendar 2022Count down to Christmas with maths!
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Mysterious magnetismWhere do the magnetic fields of planets and stars come from?
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From rainbows to rogue wavesDiscover the fascinating maths behind rainbows, rogue waves and many more applications that is being explored by researchers at the INI
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Mathematical snapshots: Tosin BabasolaTosin uses maths to guarantee the continued production of chocolate.
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Maths in a minute: DispersionIf you've ever marvelled at a rainbow, you have witnessed dispersion in action!
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Give us a wave!Ripples on a pond, the swell of ocean waves, your favourite song – these can all be described using sine waves. But how do we describe a sine wave?
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Maths in a minute: Cartesian coordinatesA fly on the ceiling inspired the coordinate system you might remember from school.
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Why sine (and cosine) make wavesFrom trigonometry to waves.
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Why is the Earth a magnet?It's a good question with a fascinating answer.
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What is a square?If a shape has equal sides with 90 degree angles between them then it's a square, right? Well, not quite...