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After 2000 years of searching we only know of 51 perfect numbers and they're all even. What else do and don't we know about these rare and precious jewels of maths?

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?

Here's an easy game that leads you straight to an unsolved question in maths.

Welcome to the pilot issue!

Find out how an early interest in Mathematics and Physics led Dr Helen Mason to a career in solar studies.