Mathematics
Arts and Science: Counting Out Loud
Matthew Dunstan explores the complex interplay between language and numbers
Monday, 3 February 2014
Art and Science: Art, Maths and the Universe
Zac Kenton discusses the mathematical basis of the great artist M.C. Escher
Friday, 25 January 2013
Focus: Lazy Universe
BlueSci explores the universal principle of energy minimisation across the sciences
Friday, 25 January 2013
Feature: The Journey of the Bicycle
Karsten Koehler explores the history of the bicycle, and how our understanding of the physics of cycling has developed over time
Friday, 25 January 2013
Arts & Science: Dreaming up Science
Beth Venus looks at how thought experiments have explained scientific phenomena.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Feature: Type ‘L’ for Love
Jordan Ramsey reveals how computers are being used to simulate love and investigate our choice of life partners.
Friday, 27 April 2012
Feature: Symmetry in Science
Jack Williams discusses symmetry in nature and its fundamental place in the Universe.
Friday, 27 April 2012
History: Science’s Royal Beginnings
Nicola Stead takes a look back at the origins of the Royal Society and its founding members
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Review: Ten Top Tips for Televisual Triumph
Why do journalists often get their facts wrong when they report on science stories?
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Away from the Bench: Skeletons and Flame Tornadoes
Aaron Barker explains how certain types of CHaOS can be fun and informative
Monday, 3 October 2011
History: Science in Print
Helen Gaffney explores the rise of popular science magazines
Monday, 3 October 2011
Reviews
Cool It - Bjorn Lomborg
Monday, 3 October 2011
New theory reveals fractal nature of arithmetic
A full mathematical description of partition numbers, the basis for addition, has long eluded mathematicians. Ken Ono of Emory University...
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Feature: The Blue Screen of Death
Wing Yung Chan traces the imperfect path to the perfect program
Saturday, 29 January 2011
An average approach to managing risk
New research suggests that there may be a serious flaw in the way that many investors approach risk. A report...
Friday, 14 January 2011
The goldilocks body temperature
A new mathematical model has shed light on why mammals spend so much energy staying warm-blooded, a phenomenon that has long been poorly understood.
Friday, 7 January 2011
Creative problem-solving for computers
Have you ever had one of those ‘light bulb moments’ - flashes of insight that present you with an instant...
Friday, 17 December 2010
On the origin of complexity
Theoretical models have suggested that complexity comes with a cost, and the simplest organisms are the best at adapting to their environment. How then, have the most complex plants and animals evolved?
Friday, 8 October 2010
New mathematical model to aid biodiversity conservation
A new theory of species diversity has been developed that predicts the number of species in an ecological community by mathematically accounting for the interdependent properties of individual species as well as those of the environment.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
A break-down in communications
Climate change. Nuclear power. GM crops. Vaccines. Why is it that the general public is so often divided on issues that scientific experts largely agree on?
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Behind the Science: The People’s Palaeontologist
Taylor Burns describes the life behind the science of Stephen Jay Gould
Monday, 3 May 2010
Feature: Mind Over Matter
Amy Miller considers why science and maths can be so hard to learn
Monday, 4 January 2010
Arts & Reviews: The Perfect Melody
Amy Chesterton looks at the mathematics behind a perfect tune.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
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