Earth
A simple mathematical rule shapes the behaviour of Arctic ponds
Understanding Arctic ponds can help us predict how fast the ice is melting. Their formation is governed by the simple maths of drawing overlapping circles
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Physics
Unbreakable: The race to protect our secrets from quantum hacks
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Humans
Medieval gamblers turned their back on fate and made dice fair
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Physics
Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet
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Physics
Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits
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Physics
Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world
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Physics
Mathematician set to publish ABC proof almost no one understands
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Humans
Effortless thinking: Why life is more than a zero-sum game
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Environment
Bumblebees solve the travelling salesman problem on the fly
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Humans
The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game
The USSR once believed it could catch up with or even overtake the US. If it had listened to one of its brightest mathematical stars, that might have been true
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Humans
Wrong division: How maths can save democracy from gerrymandering
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Humans
The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty
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Physics
How to beat the bookies by turning their odds against them
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Health
Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way
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