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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.

Pure maths in crisis?

Proof is the essence of mathematics. But is the standard of proof in research maths really as high as mathematicians would like to believe?
The Abel Prize 2019

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck has been awarded the Abel Prize 2019!
How do we remember? And how quickly do we forget?

Researchers have shown that the fates of our collective memories, whether of a song, a research paper, an invention or a sports star, are all described by the same mathematical equation.
Black holes and spacetime bubbles

Masaki Shigemori works on black holes and spacetime bubbles. Find out more in this video.
The mother of all theories

The holy grail for 21st century physics is to produce a unified theory of everything — M-theory is a prime candidate. Find out more in this video.