Usain Bolt: breaking records.
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… and how wind played its part.
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A mathematician shares some tips on how to avoid four-hour car park grid lock.
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£41m will be spent on ‘mastery learning’ – will it improve learning in primary schools?
Incredible rhythms when mathematics meets music.
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Mathematics can help musicians and music enthusiasts create rhythms that would be hard to play manually or to otherwise compose.
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Physics says Game of Thrones dragons can fly. Whoever said maths was useless?
Schematic diagram of an aggregate made up of linked users, with the mathematical equation that describes this online pro-ISIS ecology.
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A new mathematical model of ISIS supporters’ online behavior provides insights into how cyberactivity relates to real-world attacks.
Don’t worry, I’ve run the mathematical simulations.
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It’s 30 years since the release of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Here’s why he got away with it.
Detail of ‘The Morteratsch Glacier, Upper Engadine Valley, Pontresina,’ by Albert Bierstadt, 1895.
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A new field of research aims to deepen, and even quantify, our understanding of artistic style. We use mathematical techniques to help discover novel insights, even in well-studied paintings.
Computers are coming up with proofs in mathematics that are almost impossible for a human to check.
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Computers are increasingly used to prove mathematical theorems. So does that mean human mathematicians will become obselete?
If we don’t change the way we teach science and maths, we might come to regret it.
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It’s a mistake to allow teenagers to drop maths – it should be made compulsory at A-Level.
Why does the number of members of Australia’s lower house fluctuate?
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The number of members of the House of Representatives is variable. It is a result of a formula given in the Constitution.
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Calculus helped determined the outcome of World War I’s biggest naval battle, 100 years ago.
Dev Patel plays the Indian genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in The Man Who Knew Infinity.
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The film presents some of the best descriptions of mathematics yet seen on the big screen. It shows mathematics as art and as a creative process of discovery.
Simulating the human brain is proving tricky. But could mathematics based on symmetries help?
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Scientists uncover hidden mathematical structures controlling how living cells operate. If this could be used by computers of the future, we may one day be able to understand the brain.
Are the odds in favor of big computer-assisted bettors?
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Are regular bettors and the house helped or hurt when deep-pocketed, high-volume computer-assisted bettors are wagering? Mathematicians used game theory to model this new wrinkle in parimutuel betting.
An early understanding of numbers may be a sign of mathematical ability.
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You may have got what it takes to be a mathematical genius without even being aware of it.
Blackjack board.
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Computers could help Blackjack players get much better at card counting in the future.
Computers can be our prediction machines.
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Scientists of all kinds turn to computer models to investigate questions they can’t get at any other way. Here’s how models work and why we can trust them.
Scientists and engineers can help students to get more out of studying STEM subjects.
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Spending time with scientists and engineers and going to laboratories increases students’ interest in STEM subjects.
Srinivasa Ramanujan (middle) with fellow scientists at Cambridge.
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The unlikely friendship that allowed an untrained Indian mathematician to become an acclaimed academic.