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To understand how spacetime might have emerged in the early cosmos we need to heat up the equations, and thaw the space and time dimensions.
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David Spiegelhalter and the art of uncertainty
We talk to David Spiegelhalter about eggs, politics, coins and his new book The art of uncertainty.
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Keeping your data safe in the face of AI
The advent of artificial intelligence poses new threats to the privacy of our personal data. We explore the challenges and a way to address them.
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Maths in a Minute: Computational fluid dynamics
The mathematical equations governing fluid flow may have no known solutions, but maths still has the answers!
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Chaos, chance and money
With the credit crunch dominating the news, columnists have been wailing about "chaos in the markets", and "turbulent" share prices. But what does move the markets? Are they deterministic, or a result of chance? Colva Roney-Dougal explores the maths, from chaos to group theory.