We asked cosmologist Pau Figueras everything we’ve ever wanted to know about black holes. In this podcast he explains what black holes are, physically, and how we hope to observe them.

This article casts a mathematical eye over a famous non-game enjoyed by thousands of people up and down the UK every week.

A fascinating discovery sheds new light on the work of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

At the heart of modern physics lurks a terrible puzzle: the two main theories that describe the world we live in just won't fit together.

The story of George Boole is an extraordinary example of collaboration across the centuries.

Modern computers wouldn't be possible without George Boole, who died before light bulbs even came on the market. We celebrate his 200th birthday with a look at the man and his work.

Why do so many networks exhibit a similar kind of structure? It's because the rich tend to get richer!

The powers of x can work magic.

Continued fractions reveal the good, the bad and the beautiful side of numbers.

A closer look at one of the simplest quantum algorithms.

What will quantum computers be able to do that ordinary computers can't do?