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Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Political tides

Politician Douglas Carswell has been arguing with scientists about what causes the tides. We've figured out who's right.
Blood, oil and water

Sara Zahedi has won a prestigious prize at the European Congress of Maths. Your future medical diagnoses, and even the welfare of sea life, may depend on her work.
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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Five of Euler's best

Five favourite problems inspired by Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.