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Keith Mansfield tells us how being able to do maths turns you into a superhero, helps you work out why we haven't yet been contacted by aliens, and remembers his favourite mathematical moment.

Nira Chamberlain tells us how solving difficult maths problems can be like fighting an invisible boxer.

Vicky explains how maths is an adventure that's really worth having.

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

Mathematician Katie Steckles tells us about her favourite mathematical moments and why being creative is essential in maths.

We're celebrating the occasion with some favourite talks by female mathematicians of the last year.

How can it be that our wonderfully complex world is governed by a few comparatively simple laws of nature? Find out with this collection of articles and videos.

Have physicists at CERN found a new Higgs boson?

Find out all about the Large Hadron Collider in this package of introductory articles.

Pau Figueras explains how Einstein's theories predicted the existence of black holes, and how to describe them mathematically.

Small, dark, and very hard to see. This and far more indepth answers to every question you ever wanted to ask about black holes.

In this video theoretical physicist Ben Allanach talks about the search for dark matter at the LHC.

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