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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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The DAG behind the data

How do you discern cause and effect when you can't do a controlled experiment? Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are a fun and important tool.

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Helping maths to help us

The mathematics of the future needs more specialist maths teachers, stronger university provision, and sustained research funding.

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Talking about truth with ChatGPT

How confident is the Large Language Model chatbot that its answers are correct? And how confident can we be about this confidence? This article investigates.

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Topological data analysis

See all our content on this fascinating method that uses pure maths to analyse real-life data.

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Introducing Emmy Noether

The mathematician Emmy Noether was a "creative mathematical genius" (Albert Einstein) whose work had far-reaching impact beyond the world of pure mathematics. This collection brings together content exploring Noether's life and work

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Keeping the world's networks quantum safe

Our digital, networked lives are only possible thanks to cryptography, but quantum computing could make our current techniques useless. How can we prepare for this quantum future and ensure we can continue to live our digital lives?

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Post-quantum cryptography

Ingenious uses of maths have provided the key to internet security, but how can we secure our digital lives in the face of quantum computing?