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Don't judge a black hole by its area

Find out how some black holes are bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.
Maths in a minute: n-body problems
Why too many bodies present a problem.
Stop taking the p
Number design
Why a time-honoured statistical tool is becoming problematic.
Watching water
Discover the beauty of surface tension!
Packing balls in higher dimensions
oranges
How to optimally fill a box with eight-dimensional oranges.
Andrew Wiles wins Abel Prize!
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One of the greatest honours in maths has been awarded for the proof of Fermat's last theorem.
Drips
Here's one of our favourite strategy games.
Dropping eggs: Solution
Ping pong balls, infinity and superpowers
Playing with infinity can lead to surprising outcomes – find out how with a big bag of balls and some superpowers.
Chaos from order
How simples rules can result in very complex outcomes.
Order behind chaos
We all know what symmetry is. But why does it play such a central role in modern physics?
Symmetry making and symmetry breaking
A closer look at the power of symmetry in physics.