18 March 2023
Methods to generate the random numbers we need for secure communications are all flawed in some way, but quantum computers that exist today could produce random numbers that can't be faked
17 January 2023
Security researchers who find a flaw in software normally privately inform the developers of it in the hope of prompting a fix, but now a mathematical trick can let them apply public pressure without releasing dangerous details of the bug
1 December 2021
Humans and AI working together can reveal new areas of mathematics where data sets are too large to be comprehended by mathematicians
10 November 2021
A rapidly evolving field of mathematics called fractional calculus can reveal the finest details of physical processes, allowing engineers to improve everything from anaesthesia to batteries
20 May 2021
An artificial intelligence has disproved five mathematical conjectures, despite not being equipped with any information about the problems
12 February 2020
This week, hide behind the sofa from mind-altering plants, listen and learn from technologies past and find out how the world is underpinned by numbers
17 November 2019
What are the chances of winning a game of solitaire? It was once called an “embarrassment” of mathematics that we didn't know, but a computer has now found the answer
22 May 2019
Watch Godzilla take on ancient superspecies, read how great mathematicians like Newton made numbers universal and play at escaping from a sinking research vessel
25 October 2018
If you want to stop robots taking over the world, put your faith in one weapon, says Nira Chamberlain: maths
25 May 2018
Mathematics, whimsy and subtle skill come together at London's Guildhall Art Gallery
