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Frustrated by airport queues? Missing the summer weather? Find solace at this year's festival.

Mathematicians are busy tidying up the largest proof in history.

Why today is 24 hours and 1 second long.

How stupid systems can use clever ways of finding things.

John Nash dies in a car crash aged 86.

Present and future mathematicians celebrating women from across the mathematical sciences.

Forecasting election results is a sophisticated business.

Why a perfect voting system is mathematically impossible.

Latest observations hint towards new particles.

John D. Barrow explores the links between maths and the arts at the Bradford Literature Festival this Sunday.

The Universe's expansion may not be accelerating as fast as we thought.

There's been progress on one of the biggest open problems in maths: the twin prime conjecture.

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.

Shining a light on COVID modelling

There have been accusations that the modelling projecting the course of the pandemic was too pessimistic. Are they justified?
Why turbulence is troubling

We all know what turbulence is, but nobody understands it.
Maths in a minute: Limits

Find out about the beautifully intuitive concept that lies at the heart of calculus.
Reducing NHS waiting lists in the wake of COVID

Mathematicians help with clearing the massive NHS backlog for heart conditions.
Logically speaking...

In some sense, all of maths should come under the label "logic", and in this collection of articles we try to explain why.