RSA

Today's digital world with its free flow of information, would not exist without cryptography to guarantee our privacy. Plus meets mathematician, author and broadcaster Simon Singh to find out about the science of secrecy.

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.

Tools made of light win 2018 Nobel prize in physics

Revolutionary laser tools that have changed our lives have won the Nobel prize in physics.
Fantastic fractals

Escaping the tyranny of the straight line.
Packing spheres

How to arrange oranges in higher dimensions.
Maths in a minute: Transcendental numbers (and politics)

A quick introduction to transcendental numbers, a famous problem which relates to them, and how the person who solved it became a victim of political tensions.
From an ecologist's nightmare to a mathematician's dream

Tracing the path of invading species using a famous problem in graph theory.

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