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More or Less
A new series of More or Less, BBC Radio 4's series devoted to all things numerical, starts on November 12th. Presenter Andrew Dilnot tells Plus about the motivation behind the programme.
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From neurobiology to online gaming
Artificial neural networks grew out of researchers' attempts to mimick the human brain. In 1997 the Isaac Newton Institute hosted a landmark research programme in the area. Today, neural networks are able to learn how to perform complex tasks and are crucial in many areas of life, from medicine to…
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Mathematics, marriage and finding somewhere to eat
How do you choose a partner? Is it an irrational choice or is it made rationally, based on a mathematical model which analyses the best potential partner you are likely to meet?
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50 Visions of Mathematics - celebrating 50 years of the IMA
We joined HRH Princess Anne and many great mathematicians to celebrating 50 years of the IMA at the Royal Society.
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Preparing for Disease X
Experts in public health, industry and disease modelling came together this summer to discuss how maths can prepare for the next pandemic.
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What is creativity?
What were your most creative experiences at school? Art? Music? English? Maths? That last one might not be the obvious choice for many of us, but that is exactly the type of opportunity we are hoping to create in a new project. To help us get started, we asked researchers what role creativity has in their work.
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A brief exploration of mathematical modelling
This is the winning article in the ages 11-15 category of the 2017 BSHM schools writing competition.
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Five tools to explain something technical
There are many ways of explaining technical ideas, and using a range of strategies can give the most intuitive understanding.
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What a coincidence!
Coincidences are familiar to us all but what are the so-called laws of chance? From coin tossing to freak weather events, Geoffrey Grimmett explains how probability is at the heart of it all.
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Going back to uni during a pandemic
What can maths tell us about how to make universities safe from COVID-19?
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From data to decisions
Causal inference is the art of discerning cause and effect from data. Find out more in this introduction.
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Keeping schools open in the next pandemic
To avoid full school closures in the next pandemic, or even epidemic, epidemiologists need crucial information from schools, students, and parents.