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Is maths to blame?
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Happy 10th birthday Google!
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Guessing is good for you
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The LHC for dummies
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Understanding uncertainty: How long will you live?
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Kissing the frog: A mathematician's guide to mating
What's your strategy for love? Hold out for The One, or try and avoid the bad ones? How long should you wait before cutting your losses and settling down with whoever comes along next? John Billingham investigates and saves the national grid in the process.
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Mathematics and democracy: Approving a president
Much criticism has been levelled at the US voting system, and with this being election year, we're bound to hear more of it. In this article Steven J. Brams proposes an alternative voting system that could help make things more democratic.
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Digital art
Computer-generated art is on the rise, and with it comes a further blurring of the boundaries between maths and art. Lewis Dartnell looks at some stunning examples.
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The fabulous positional system
Chris Hollings reveals that our number system, much used but rarely praised, is in fact a work of genius and took millennia to evolve.