How does AI work? In this episode of Maths on the move Kweku Abraham explains the maths behind the amazing advances we've seen in AI.
It's all connected – climate change and the spread of diseasesWe know climate change can impact our lives through weather events and food security, but it can also impact on the spread of diseases. We talk to Helena Stage from the University of Bristol to find out more.
The travelling salesmanHow do you create dramatic film out of mathematics? We find out with writer and director Timothy Lanzone.
The universal machineAlan Turing – brilliant mathematician, code breaker during World War II – achieved so much during his tragically short life. But how do you put Turing's life and mathematics on stage... and as a musical?
A disappearing numberWe talk about a play that explores the fascinating mathematical collaboration between the mathematicians GH Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Mathematical summer funWe talk to early career mathematicians who spent some of their summer holiday solving problems posed by industry — such as how to blend a perfect smoothie!
Sarah Hart: Once upon a primeMaths and literature: there are more connections than you think and they'll enhance your pleasure of both. Find out more with the fabulous Sarah Hart in our latest podcast!
Fermat's Last Theorem – 30 years onIn this special podcast we look back on this remarkable mathematical moment with Andrew Wiles, Jack Thorne and Tom Körner, and how it opened new doors onto the future of mathematics.
Chocolate and mayonnaiseWhat do chocolate and mayonnaise have in common? It's maths! Find out how in this podcast featuring engineer Valerie Pinfield.
From clicks to chordsIs it possible to write unique music with the limited quantity of notes and chords available? We ask musician Oli Freke!
A new map of dark matterIn this podcast we talk to Blake Sherwin about a new map of dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up 85% of the stuff in the Universe.
SBIDER Presents: Shining a light on COVID modellingWas the mathematical modelling projecting the course of the pandemic too pessimistic, or were the projections justified? Matt Keeling tells our colleagues from SBIDER about the COVID models that fed into public policy.
Synchronised swimming: the podcastHow do green algae manage a perfect breaststroke even though they haven't got a brain? Enter the maths of synchronisation.
Does infinity exist?Find out how infinity can corrupt the youth, why subtracting infinities can give you the right answer, and the weirdness that might be lurking out there in the cosmos...
