The Fields Medals 2018: The podcastIn this podcast we report on the prestigious Fields medals, which were awarded yesterday at the International Congress of Mathematicians, taking place in Rio de Janeiro.
Alessio Figalli: The podcastIn this podcast Fields medallist Figalli tells us about his work and what receiving such a high honour feels like.
Calculating the multiverseIf there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Laws versus outcomes: The podcastJohn D. Barrow talks to us about the laws of nature, how the complexity of the world conceals elegant mathematical symmetries, and how chaos can arise from order.
Big data and shorter queuesChris Budd tells us how big data can be used to model riots, analyse photos and shorten airport queues.
What are sigma levels?What do physicists at CERN mean when they talk about "sigma levels"?
What is a black hole – mathematically?Pau Figueras explains how Einstein's theories predicted the existence of black holes, and how to describe them mathematically.
What is a black hole – physically?We asked cosmologist Pau Figueras everything we’ve ever wanted to know about black holes. In this podcast he explains what black holes are, physically, and how we hope to observe them.
Maths for the future Martin Grötschel, Secretary of the International Mathematical Union, about maths at school, integrating developing nations, and his dream of putting all maths that's ever been produced online.
Einstein's evolving UniverseCormac O' Raifeartaigh recently made a surprising discovery – an unpublished paper by Albert Einstein that sheds light on how Einstein's thinking about the Universe changed as he tackled some of the big questions in cosmology at the time.
When worlds collideFields medallist Cédric Villani talks to us about our solar system, chaos, and what it's like being a mathematical superstar.
It's all maths!In this podcast we talk to Max Tegmark about his hypothesis that the Universe we live in is a mathematical structure.
Mathematical theatre with X&YMathematics and theatre are both imagined things that need to be consistent. So what better way to explore mathematical ideas than through theatre? We talk to Marcus du Sautoy, Victoria Gould and Dermot Keany about their new show, X&Y.
Do infinities exist in nature? The podcastIs the Universe finite or infinite? Is there infinity inside a black hole? Is space infinitely divisible or is there a shortest length? Can infinity occur at all in the cosmos or is it a mathematical construct? Find out more in our podcast with Anthony Aguirre, John D. Barrow and George Ellis.
The mathematical UniverseMathematics does incredibly well at describing the world we live in. Could that be because the Universe itself is a mathematical structure? It's a suggestion that has been put forward by the cosmologist Max Tegmark. We talked to him to find out more.
