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Contextuality — The most quantum thingImagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar happens with measurements in quantum physics. Find out more here...

The quantum reality paradoxWhat does contextually mean for real-life measurements and what does it have to do with religious questions?

Riding the pilot wave

Pilot wave theory is an extension of quantum mechanics that doesn't exhibit any of that weird randomness or fuzziness. But that doesn't mean it's totally sane. Here is a quick introduction.

Colouring by numbers: The Kochen-Specker theoremThe Kochen-Specker theorem shows that quantum mechanics is always going to be strange. Its proof is surprisingly simple!

Maths in a minute: Linear regressionA useful tool for spotting trends in data.

Citizen science: Facts or fake news?A little bit of maths can go a long way in telling the truth from lies.

Uncovering the mathematics of informationTaming big data – Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb tells us about a new institute researching the mathematics of information

Strategic dating: The 37% rule

Coding with linear codes (or how to avoid being eaten by crocodiles)

Can you encode a message so that errors in transmission are automatically corrected?

Maths in a minute: Poincaré and the beginnings of chaosHow a maths competition spawned the foundations of chaos theory.

Hilbert's hotel

How to squeeze infinitely many new guests into a full hotel.

Maths in a minute: The golden ratioA quick introduction to a famous number.