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Abel Prize 2025 Banquet

From sunny parks to banquets in castles – come with us on an exciting adventure in Oslo as we join the celebrations for the 2025 Abel Prize!

In time for the award of the Abel Prize to this year's winner we explore our coverage of the Prize since it was first awarded in 2003.

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What are mathematical invariants and why are they useful?

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When did humans first start to count? A cave in France may contain the earliest evidence.

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Find out what a random network is, why random networks are useful, and generate your own with our interactivity!

Experts in public health, industry and disease modelling came together this summer to discuss how maths can prepare for the next pandemic.

"The 20th century was the interaction of geometry and physics, and the 21st century is the interaction of number theory with physics." Find out why in our conversation with Yang-Hui He from the London Institute of Mathematical Sciences! 

Generating electricity without the use of fossil fuels is not just an engineering and industrial challenge, it is also a huge mathematical challenge.
The concept of homotopy is a great example of how the language of maths can make intuition precise.
In this special podcast we look back on this remarkable mathematical moment with Andrew Wiles, Jack Thorne and Tom Körner, and how it opened new doors onto the future of mathematics.
Some practical tips to help you when you need it most – when you are sitting at the keyboard, ready (or perhaps not so ready) to put your ideas on the page!
The BloodCounts! project is gearing up towards one of the largest-scale applications yet of machine learning in medicine and healthcare.