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Eugenia Cheng

Physics

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng on the abstract wonder of category theory

Once thought too abstract, category theory has become remarkably pervasive in science, says mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng

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Bees in a honeycomb

Life

Bees are better at counting if they are penalised for their mistakes

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The number 3

Mathematics

Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3

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Lottery tickets

Physics

50-year old maths problem about an infinite lottery finally solved

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Colouring book pattern

Physics

Baffling maths riddle that looks like a pile of worms almost solved

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Sunloungers with number 42 on them

Mathematics

Mathematicians crack elusive puzzle involving the number 42

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Scientists win millions in the 2020 Breakthrough Prize

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numbers artwork

Physics

Inside the race to find the first billion-digit prime number

Features

Computer attempts to replicate the dream-like maths of Ramanujan

Physics

Computer attempts to replicate the dream-like maths of Ramanujan

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Fruit machine bars spinning to line of 7s showing probability

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Probability

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Isaac Newton

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