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THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES

December 18, 2006

Solve the mysteries of mathematics at the RI Christmas Lectures

News from the world of maths: BETT 2007 - come and say hello to the Plus team!

December 8, 2006

Split reflections

December 8, 2006

A new liquid breaks the laws of physics

Galileo's football shirt

December 1, 2006

Intelligent sportswear

News from the world of maths: Stats goes independent

November 30, 2006

News from the world of maths: Mathematical moments - Taking chances with De Moivre

November 23, 2006

News from the world of maths: More or Less back for more

November 21, 2006

How plants halt sands

November 20, 2006

A new mathematical model describes how plants can stop desertification

Introducing Andrew Wiles

In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
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There may be more than one of you

The possibility that there might be many parallel worlds has just become a little more likely.
Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
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.
Counting the trees of life

How many possible genetic relationships are there between a collection of different species? The answer is mind-bogglingly large.

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