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Democracy needs an upgrade to ensure it keeps people on its side

If an election winner gains fewer votes than the loser, the system is flawed. To stay the best mode of government, democracy needs to use new technology

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Physics

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

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Humans

Our greatest creation: Where maths comes from and what it's for

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Physics

Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy

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Physics

Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know

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Physics

Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us

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Authority figures: The numbers that rule them all

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Health

Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work

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Health

From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

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Time to bust the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristo

Forget the detractors and the hyperbole, Ada Lovelace warrants her status in the history of science on the facts alone, says Ursula Martin

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Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

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Physics

Mathematics has a bad hair day

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Physics

It’s not you – solving a Rubik’s cube quickly is officially hard

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Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

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