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Unjamming Traffic

January 16, 2008

Why traffic jams occur for seemingly no reason

News from the world of maths: The Plus podcast: Interdisciplinary maths, from life on Mars to cancer development

January 15, 2008

How the Universe began

January 10, 2008

Cambridge celebrates 25 years since the first very early Universe workshop

News from the world of maths: The Plus podcast: Stadium maths

December 15, 2007

News from the world of maths: The mathematics of monopoly on More or less

December 12, 2007

Aping around with numbers

December 11, 2007

Chimps beat humans in numeracy test

News from the world of maths: Christopher Zeeman Medal for Maths Communication

December 6, 2007

Changing the face of science

December 4, 2007

Changing your facial appearance with maths

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 two envelopes problem solved

Here's a resolution for one of probability theory's most famous paradoxes.
Exploring rare genetic resources

You could help researchers understand the genetics, and potential links, between mathematical talent and autism.
Maths in a minute: Graphs and the degree sum formula

Double counting proves a neat result in graph theory.
Genetics: Nature's digital code

Is nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?
Error correcting codes

Learn about magical mathematical methods for fixing errors on the fly.

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