There are some amazing patterns hiding within simple arithmetic.

One of our favourite problems from our sister site NRICH opens a door to the world of combinatorics and symmetry.

Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar happens with measurements in quantum physics. Find out more here...

What does contextually mean for real-life measurements and what does it have to do with religious questions?

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.

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

A useful tool for spotting trends in data.

A little bit of maths can go a long way in telling the truth from lies.

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

Are you stumped by the dating game? Never fear — Plus is here! This article looks at one of the central questions of dating: how many people should you date before settling for something serious?

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