One of our favourite problems from our sister site NRICH opens a door to the world of combinatorics and symmetry.

Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar happens with measurements in quantum physics. Find out more here...

Imagine your weight depended on the colour of your underwear! Something quite similar may be happening when you are measuring things in quantum physics. Find out more here...

Pilot wave theory is an extension of quantum mechanics that doesn't exhibit any of that weird randomness or fuzziness. But that doesn't mean it's totally sane. Here is a quick introduction.

The maths behind music has inspired software that can merge faces.

Taming big data – Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb tells us about a new institute researching the mathematics of information

Frank Kelly talks about his work on networks and how inspiration can strike out of the blue.

From cancer treatments to counting trees: the maths behind image analysis makes it all possible.

Carola tells us about her work in the field of image analysis, her favourite mathematical moments, and why creativity is so important in maths.

How simples rules can result in very complex outcomes.

We all know what symmetry is. But why does it play such a central role in modern physics?

A closer look at the power of symmetry in physics.