Here's a selection of our favourite articles on Olympic maths — from dressage, via ping pong, to athletics.

Geneticists find fascinating clues to the origin of life.

Frank Kelly talks about his work on networks and how inspiration can strike out of the blue.

Prime numbers, fluid dynamics and architecture at the European Congress of Mathematics in Berlin.

We have arrived in Berlin for a week of the best maths in Europe.

Does the famous Fibonacci sequence always appear in sunflower seed heads?

Astronomers have explained a strange effect observed in the vicinity of black holes.

To celebrate Wimbledon, here are some of our best tennis articles and puzzles!