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Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Maths in a minute: Higher dimensions

In normal life higher dimensions smack of science fiction, but in mathematics they are nothing out of the ordinary.
The mother of all theories

The holy grail for 21st century physics is to produce a unified theory of everything — M-theory is a prime candidate. Find out more in this video.
Farewell to a legend

Sir Michael Atiyah dies aged 89.
How do we remember? And how quickly do we forget?

Researchers have shown that the fates of our collective memories, whether of a song, a research paper, an invention or a sports star, are all described by the same mathematical equation.
Maths in a minute: Equal temperatures

At any point in time there are two points on the Earth's equator with the same temperature.