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Harder, better, faster, stronger

August 7, 2008

Modelling Olympic success

Terror networks

July 29, 2008

Modelling terrorist activity

News from the world of maths: London science blogging conference

July 28, 2008

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July 28, 2008

Did a philosopher kill WALL-E?

July 28, 2008

Star-crossed lovers

News from the world of maths: Who is your favourite fictional mathematician?

July 18, 2008

News from the world of maths: Bicycles in London modelling contest run and won

July 17, 2008

News from the world of maths:

July 16, 2008

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

The formula that plots (almost) everything

Hold onto your logic hats! In this article we're going to explore one of the most amazing formulas in maths!
Happy birthday to the Isaac Newton Institute!

The Institute is celebrating 25 years of bringing researchers together!
Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani

The brilliant mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has died, aged just 40.
Stuff Happens: Ordering history in computer science

Our digital lives rely on distributed computer systems, such as the internet, but understanding the order of events in such systems is not always straightforward. Leslie Lamport explains how special relativity helped him order events in computer science, enabling the development of distributed computing.
Outer space: Archimedean ice cream cones

What shape of cone maximises the ice cream to wafer ratio?

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