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News from the world of maths: The Plus careers podcast: Mathematical modelling consultant

December 1, 2007

Rollicking pollock debate

November 30, 2007

Fractal Modelling of Pollock paintings called into question

News from the world of maths: TED Prize for Professor Neil Turok

November 23, 2007

Doing the time warp

November 22, 2007

Einstein proved correct, ..... again!

News from the world of maths: The cost of poor maths skills

November 16, 2007

News from the world of maths: The next Beautiful Young Minds?

November 12, 2007

News from the world of maths: Lotto confusion

November 12, 2007

$25000 Controversy

November 8, 2007

Debate surrounds $25000 prize won by undergraduate for solving universal Turing machine problem

What's happening and who's listening?

Why are physicists unsure about what it means to say that something has happened? Anthony Aguirre and Sean Carroll explain.
Stuff happens: From finance to fundamental physics

Current physical theories suggest that beautiful symmetries underly the fundamental particles and forces of nature. We describe those symmetries using an analogy from economics, and even rediscover the famous Higgs boson.
Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Political tides

Politician Douglas Carswell has been arguing with scientists about what causes the tides. We've figured out who's right.
Blood, oil and water

Sara Zahedi has won a prestigious prize at the European Congress of Maths. Your future medical diagnoses, and even the welfare of sea life, may depend on her work.

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