Even simple rules can lead to interesting processes. Play with Conway's famous cellular automaton to see life-like patterns unfold. 

When a new infectious disease enters a population everything depends on who catches it — superspreaders or people with few contacts who don't pass it on.  We investigate the stochastic nature of the early stages of an outbreak.

Hannah Fry will join us at the University of Cambridge in January as Cambridge's first Professor for the Public Understanding of Mathematics!

Worried about your population of bugs? A branching process can help you understand it.

Hannah Fry is coming to join us in Cambridge! She tells us about her own mathematical research,  why she thinks mathematicians have a duty to engage the public, and shares one of her favourite mathematical moments.

We all know what data is and you might know what topology is. But what is topological data analysis? We find out with Heather Harrington.

Physicists have figured out how we might detect hypothetical boson stars. If we do, then this would count as a major step towards solving the riddle of dark matter,

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

In this episode mathematician Jessica Fintzen, winner of a prestigious EMS Prize, tells us how to capture infinitely many snowflakes at the same time, the maths of symmetry, and why she likes doing handstands.

Find out about an interesting result in graph theory with EMS prize winner Richard Montgomery.

 We talk to David Spiegelhalter  about eggs, politics, coins and his new book The art of uncertainty.