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Spacetime does ripple
Physicists have finally detected the gravitational waves they have been chasing for nearly 100 years.
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Infinite sums and China's demographics
China has recently revoked its one-child policy. What better occasion to explore the mathematics of population growth with a surprising example.
Puzzle
Dropping eggs
Stretch your mind with this mess-free egg puzzle.
News story
Perfect birthday gift for GIMPS
Prime number enthusiasts discover new largest prime with 22,338,618 digits.
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Maths in a minute: Bayes' theorem
It would be foolish to ignore evidence. Luckily Bayes' theorem shows us how to take it in into account.
Collection
Mysterious black holes
It's impossible not to be fascinated by black holes. Find out all you'd like to know about them with these articles, videos and podcasts.
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The maths of February 29
Find out why leap years exist, why you have to wait 400 years for your birthday pattern to repeat, and why there are so many Fridays falling on a 13th.
Article
What are sigma levels?
Find out how scientists, from physicists to geneticists, measure their confidence in their results.
Podcast
Big data and shorter queues
Chris Budd tells us how big data can be used to model riots, analyse photos and shorten airport queues.
Article
It from bit?
Does reality arise from information? What does this even mean? Anton Zeilinger explains the impact of John Wheeler's radical idea.
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Inferring the Limits on Reality
The fuzziness of the quantum realm could arise from mathematical restrictions on what can ever be known.
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It from bit?
Does reality arise from information? What does this even mean? We explore the impact of John Wheeler's revolutionary ideas.