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Are the vaccines safe?Yes the approved vaccines are safe. If you balance the risks, then taking the vaccine is much safer than taking your chances with COVID-19.

What's the price for relaxing the rules?We are all longing to go into a lower tier, but this can come at a high price later on.

Some lovely proofs by pictureDon't like trigonometry? Don't worry, here are three beautiful proofs of a well-known result that make do without it.

Maths in a minute: Triangular numbersTriangular numbers: find out what they are and why they are beautiful!

Physics in a minute: The double slit experimentOne of the most famous experiments in physics demonstrates the strange nature of the quantum world.

The fingernail problem and metallic numbersA beautiful geometric problem opens the door to the world of metallic numbers.

Clearing the air: Making indoor spaces COVID safeNew research shows that ventilation is crucial and that masks are effective.

Dynamic numbersHolly Krieger has won a Whitehead Prize for work that combines number theory and dynamical systems.

Taming complexityMaria Bruna has won a Whitehead Prize for finding a systematic way of simplifying complex systems.

John Barrow: stories of the UniverseWe remember the brilliant cosmologist, mathematician and science communicator, John D. Barrow.

Going back to uni during a pandemicWhat can maths tell us about how to make universities safe from COVID-19?

Maths in a minute: N-bonacci sequencesYou may have heard about the Fibonacci sequence, but have you heard of N-bonacci sequences?