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Humans

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

We’ve glimpsed mind-bending geometric structures that fleetingly encode our thoughts, memories and feelings – and could solve the greatest mystery of all

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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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Physics

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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Humans

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’

Physics

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

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Humans

Democracy needs an upgrade to ensure it keeps people on its side

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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

Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy

Use the quirks of mathematics and you can spot basic mistakes as well as dubious dealings, including freaky voting patterns

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Physics

Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know

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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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