Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Choosing A-Levels can feel stressful for both students and parents. Some subjects are known to be harder because they need strong maths skills, long essays, or complex problem-solving. Many families ...

VIWERS of The 1% Club love to get involved with the show from the comfort of their own homes, but one question left them fuming as several households were completely stumped. The Lee Mack-fronted show ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a ...

Reflect today on the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and you will almost certainly be struck by a simple fact. Dr. King dedicated his life to making society more just. But despite all the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...

The government will attempt to reverse the declining numbers of young people studying computing at school through a broader programme of study of the subject that retains its core principles. This ...

If you’ve ever dealt with stubborn limescale on faucets, cloudy spots on glassware, or soap that just won’t lather, hard water is likely to blame. But did you know that some cities have significantly ...