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Evolution: It's as real as gravity!
Why evolution through natural selection is more than a mere "theory".
Football fever
England may have bombed out, but the Euro 2016 Championships are still in full swing. Here are some articles by our favourite football expert, Ken Bray
Maths in a minute: Symmetry
We all instinctively recognise symmetry when we see it, but describing it in words is harder than you might think.
Hitting the spot
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What's the best spot to aim a penalty at?
Climate change: Does it all add up?
An insightful look at the climate models that predict our future.
Climate modelling made easy
Make your own climate prediction with this simple, but powerful, model!
Maths in a minute: The second law of thermodynamics
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Our messy desk is proof of the second law of thermodynamics...
Maths in a minute: Expectation
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Why the expected outcome of rolling a die is 3.5.
A ridiculously short introduction to some very basic quantum mechanics
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Some general ideas in very few words and without equations.
Why quantum mechanics?
Why did physicists at the beginning of the 20th century feel they needed a new — and strange — theory?
Donald Trump, game theorist
Whatever you think of Donald Trump, we bet you didn't think he was good at game theory.
Big Data
Everybody's talking about Big Data. But what exactly do they mean?