Umbrella or no umbrella? New advances in weather forecasting will help us dodge hurricanes and protect against floods.

Can maths help save lives by making more accurate predictions of future volcanic eruptions?

A new mathematical model might explain the strange magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune.

One million dollars is waiting to be won by anyone who can solve one of the grand mathematical challenges of the 21st century. In the second of two articles, Chris Budd looks at the well-posedness of the Navier-Stokes equations.

During World Mathematical Year 2000 a sequence of posters were displayed month by month in the trains of the London Underground aiming to stimulate, fascinate - even infuriate passengers! Keith Moffatt tells us about three of the posters from the series.