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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.

What is constructor theory?

A new way of looking at the physical world promises to shed light on some of the problems physics as we know it can't deal with.
The agent perspective

How do we learn and understand the world? What separates us from machines? Yoshua Bengio believes it all comes down to our agency.
Football: Was points per game fair?

Would the "points per game" method have led to a fair outcome of the Premier League?
Squashing the curve?

A study into Covid-19 suggests that flattening the curve will take longer and harder measures than previously hoped.
A call to action on COVID-19

An urgent call has gone out to the scientific modelling community to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Two Cambridge mathematicians are helping to lead the charge.