spherical geometry

If a shape has equal sides with 90 degree angles between them then it's a square, right? Well, not quite...

As we are well over half way through advent, we thought today we'd look towards the future of the Universe

How will the Universe end? In a big crunch? Or a big freeze? It all depends on its shape...

Did you learn at school that the angles in a triangle always add up to 180 degrees? If yes then your teacher was wrong. Find out why here.

The famous mathematician Euclid is credited with being the first person to axiomatise the geometry of the world we live in - that is, to describe the geometric rules which govern it. Based on these axioms, he proved theorems - some of the earliest uses of proof in the history of mathematics.