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List by Author: Marianne Freiberger
If our Universe is expanding, then what is it expanding into? 
Since he Universe is all there is, there's nothing for it to expand into. So what does "expansion" mean?
Cosmic peaks 
Some of the Universe's most important secrets are hidden in the shape of a beautiful undulating curve: the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave spectrum. This article explains how.
The cosmic soup 
To understand the why the cosmic microwave background tells us so much about the Universe, you first need to understand what created it: sound waves travelling through the early Universe.
The cosmic afterglow 
The cosmic microwave background is the earliest light we can see in the Universe. So important is this baby picture of the Universe, it's been involved in two Nobel Prizes. Why?
Making penalties fairer 
Is the proposed ABBA rule for penalty shootouts really fairer than the existing rule? Maths shows that it is, and also suggests another, more subtle rule.
The shape and fate of the Universe 
How will the Universe end? In a big crunch? Or a big freeze? It all depends on its shape...
Mathematician advises the Home Office 
Statistics professor John Aston has been appointed as the Home Office's new Chief Scientific Adviser.
Quantum device solves very hard problem 
Quantum particles that are both light and matter help solve infamous NP hard problems.
Smale's chaotic horseshoe 
Want to understand chaos? Then have a look at this famous brainchild of the mathematician Stephen Smale.
Wavelets catch Abel Prize 
This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Yves Meyer for the development of an incredibly powerful mathematical tool.
Riding the pilot wave 
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.