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All tied upWhat do tying your shoe laces and Santa's Christmas Eve journey have in common?
X-otic X-ray visionsUsing their X-ray vision, astronomers have for the first time found two black holes in the same galaxy, and taken a peek inside a neutron star.
Stolen scienceA rare first edition of Newton's mathematical masterpiece has been stolen! And is Newton the Greatest Briton?
Lightning fast forecastsNASA uses mathematics to predict lightning strikes at the Kennedy Space Centre
Music to their earsCan the music of Mozart help your mathematics?
Nobel mathematicsMathematics makes a clean sweep in the Nobel Prizes.
In skimming, spin's the thingFind out how to beat the world record in stone skimming - you just need to do the maths!
Prime timeTwo computer science students and their professor prove testing for primes is easy - a result that has eluded mathematicians for centuries.
Putting it in perspectiveMathematics is helping the blind move forward and us all to step inside the past.
Anticipating anthrax
Can mathematics help defend against another attack?