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A generation of lost mathematicians

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

A geometry for strings

If, as string theory suggests, the world is made of strings, then what does that mean for a geometry of points? Find out more in this video.
Pure maths in crisis?

Proof is the essence of mathematics. But is the standard of proof in research maths really as high as mathematicians would like to believe?
Phantom jams

How to unjam traffic.
Phenomenal physics

What is a particle phenomenologist?
The Abel Prize 2019

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!