Mind
Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered
Mathematics is like marmite, people tend to love it or hate it. Find out why it can make us nervous, why we struggle at it and whether animals can do it too
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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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Physics
Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us
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Physics
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
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Technology
Time to bust the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristo
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Environment
Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings
The tiny wings on bees shouldn’t be able to lift their big bodies. How they fly has eluded mathematicians since the 1930s, but the mystery is now solved
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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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Technology
Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates
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How YouGov’s experimental poll correctly called the UK election
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