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Conceptual art of network

Technology

Clever maths will stop hackers spying on the quantum internet

Quantum communications are theoretically secure, but keeping a complex quantum network unhackable in practice is more difficult than expected

News

Prime numbers

Physics

Largest prime number ever found has over 23 million digits

News

Puzzle

Test yourself against these superpuzzles from Japan

Culture

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

Physics

Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world

News

ABC Conjecture

Physics

Mathematician set to publish ABC proof almost no one understands

News

billboard

Humans

Effortless thinking: Why life is more than a zero-sum game

Features

Bumblebees solve the travelling salesman problem on the fly

Life

Bumblebees solve the travelling salesman problem on the fly

News

the 1959 Sokolniki Park exhibition, where Khrushchev debated kitchens with Nixon, and citizens admired the latest TV sets

Humans

The Soviet genius who tried to beat capitalism at its own game

Features

Gerrymander artwork 1

Humans

Wrong division: How maths can save democracy from gerrymandering

Features

Da Vinci painting

Humans

The Seduction of Curves revives old ideas about maths and beauty

René Thom's mathematical theorems passed their sell-by date in the 1970s, but applied to the human form, will they captivate a new generation?

Culture

Physics

How to beat the bookies by turning their odds against them

News

Technology

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

Culture

Humans

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

Comment

Physics

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

Features