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Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

A new exhibition at London’s Science Museum leaves visitors thinking that technology may be making the world a better place after all

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Humans

Most science papers turn out to be wrong. It’s time to fix that

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Physics

Riddle of the primes: why do they come in pairs?

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Humans

The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness

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Beating the odds: the mathematics of gambling

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Beating the odds: the mathematics of gambling

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The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text

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Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page ‘summary’

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Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page ‘summary’

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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

Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know

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Physics

Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy

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