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Chaos is not a desk toy

Physicists create a quantum Newton's cradle - and witness an absence of chaos for the first time.
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Abel to iPod

The 2006 Abel prize celebrates the mathematician who helped make mp3s possible.
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Mysterious number 6174

6174 is a very mysterious number. Yutaka Nishiyama explains why, and how beautiful mathematical oddities can inspire us to discover new mathematics.
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Graphical methods I: Slug wars

To arm or to disarm? This is the question in Phil Wilson's article, which explores the maths behind a cold war in slug world.