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Spinning the wheel: The Ehrenfest paradox
Meet a fascinating thought experiment close to the speed of light.
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Providing the best evidence
How do mathematicians help policy makers make the best decisions?
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Measles cases on the rise: Why this is worrying and what we can do
We look at the recent rise in measles cases, why it has led to a national health incident being declared, and what can be done to avert the threat.
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Learning from COVID: How good was the UK's vaccination strategy?
Was vaccinating vulnerable people first a good choice? Hindsight allows us to assess this question.
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Careful with your Christmas b(a)ubbles
Modelling shows that your choice of how many households you bubble with this Christmas can make a real difference to the spread COVID-19.
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Career interview: Aerodynamicist
Plus talks to Christine Hogan, programmer, sysadmin and author, now studying aerodynamics and hoping to become a member of a Formula One team.
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Understanding waning immunity
What can we expect from a disease for which natural or vaccine induced immunity wanes?
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Are there parallel universes?
Are there parallel universes? Universes in which, rather than reading this article, you are still asleep; in which you are happier, unhappier, richer, poorer, or even dead? The answer is "possibly". It's a controversial claim but one that has won more and more followers over the last few decades.
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Genetics: Nature's digital code
Is nature using digital tools to deal with genetic information?
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Career interview: Mathematics educator and author
If you're worried that a mathematics degree might limit your career options, then there couldn't be a better person to talk to than Steve Hewson. Find out how his varied career has taken him from the lofty heights of theoretical physics, via the trading floor of a major investment bank, into the maths classroom, and has also seen him writing his very own maths book.
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Cantor and Cohen: Infinite investigators part II
Richard Elwes continues his investigation into Cantor and Cohen's work. He investigates the continuum hypothesis, the question that caused Cantor so much grief.
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Cantor and Cohen: Infinite investigators part I
What's the nature of infinity? Are all infinities the same? And what happens if you've got infinitely many infinities? In this article Richard Elwes explores how these questions brought triumph to one man and ruin to another, ventures to the limits of mathematics and finds that, with infinity, you…
