We debunk some common mathematical misconceptions.

This puzzle is famous because the accepted answer is counter-intuitive. But is it always correct?

It's one of mathematics' most famous results: every "map" can be coloured using at most four colours. What it doesn't usually apply to, however, are real maps.

David Spiegelhalter, expert in risk and evidence communication, tells us how well the UK government has done so far communicating about Covid-19.

This year's Abel Prize has been awarded to Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis.

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

We celebrate Karen Uhlenbeck, first female winner of the Abel Prize, and some of the other female mathematicians we met over the last year.

Since pi is the number of round things, we devote this year's pi day celebrations to...curvature!

The "free-range mathematician" and "architect of particle physics" has passed away in Princeton.

The golden ratio has many amazing properties. But is it really a secret of nature and the epitome of beauty?

Find out how ants have inspired a class of cutting-edge algorithms designed to solve complex real-world problems.

How do green algae manage a perfect breaststroke even though they haven't got a brain? The maths of synchronisation explains and even sheds light on human physiology and evolution.