Maths in a minute

How does the voting system for the European Parliament elections work?

The mathematical puzzle behind the iconic structure.

In time for pancake day here's a problem about flipping pancakes. It turns out to be surprisingly hard.

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

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

A quick introduction to transcendental numbers, a famous problem which relates to them, and how the person who solved it became a victim of political tensions.

Introducing an indispensable tool of mathematical logic.

A game involving biscuits and maths — what could be better?

Take a quick trip to the foundations of probability theory.

Double counting proves a neat result in graph theory.

What is dark energy and how do we know it's there?

Physicists believe that around 82% of all the matter in the Universe is invisible dark matter. But if it's invisible how do they know it's there?