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Read Issue 24 now!
Wolves, horses and granny squares feature in our AW26 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
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The domestication of prehistoric wolves
Alice Henman teaches us to sit..., stay..., wait...wait...no, come back! Fenton!
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Can you turn a beach ball into a rubber ring?
Alba Sendón Blanco mixes scissors and beach inflatables to great effect.
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The paradox of the surprise party
Jeremy Budd gets into party planning
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On the cover: crochet, community and cellular automata
Laura Taalman crafts algorithmically.
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In conversation with Alex Bellos
Ashleigh Ratcliffe and Sophie Maclean talk to this year's Zeeman medal winner about writing, football and donkeys
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Dear Dirichlet, Issue 24
Babies, buses and Dr Beeching pollute the prof's postbag this issue
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Oπnions: How I became a Fields medal killjoy
Michael J Barany doesn’t want one
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Prize crossnumber, Issue 24
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