Unveiling the Mandelbrot set

September 2006

This plot shows the orbit of zero for iteration of x² - 1.6. The orbit does not settle down, it is chaotic.

Counting the trees of life

How many possible genetic relationships are there between a collection of different species? The answer is mind-bogglingly large.
Calculating the multiverse

If there's a multiverse, then how many of its component universes are like our own?
Political tides

Politician Douglas Carswell has been arguing with scientists about what causes the tides. We've figured out who's right.
Stuff happens: From finance to fundamental physics

Current physical theories suggest that beautiful symmetries underly the fundamental particles and forces of nature. We describe those symmetries using an analogy from economics, and even rediscover the famous Higgs boson.
Introducing Andrew Wiles

In these two short videos the legendary Andrew Wiles talks about what it was like to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, and what it feels like to do maths.
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