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You can't legislate against mathematics

As home secretary, Theresa May was impervious to evidence. Her successor Amber Rudd seems intent on following her leader down the path to nonsense

Leader

Maths explains how pedestrians avoid bumping into one another

Humans

Maths explains how pedestrians avoid bumping into one another

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Technology

Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century

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Physics

Celebrate pi day with 9 trillion more digits than ever before

News

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Physics

The maths problems that could win you a million dollars

Features

symmetry artwork

Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

Features

Earth from space, showing clouds

Earth

Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet

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Mary Jackson

Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

Features

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Space

Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience

Culture

Katherine Johnson

Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

In deeply divided 1950s America, how did a black woman become the one person astronauts would trust to get them into orbit? Discover Katherine Johnson's amazing story

Features

Life

Molecules tied into beautiful 'octofoil' knot for first time

News

Technology

Imagination not interaction: inside London’s new maths gallery

Culture

Culture's Puzzle Page: It's Christmaths…

Culture

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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