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Bea is a PhD student in the computer science department at UCL. Since joining the team she’s found that the other editors find the phrase ‘it needs more white space’ very triggering.

In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
The Wonder Book of Geometry
We review the seventh of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year, and open the vote for the readers' favourite
Routes: Edsger Dijkstra
In this edition of the series, we instead learn about 'routes' and Edsger Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm.
Chalkdust’s Christmas conundrums
As the festive season strikes again, we'll be dishing out more fiendish puzzles – this time with prizes!
Mini crossnumber
All the fun of our prize crossnumber, just smaller and without a prize
Interstellar travel: the mathematics of wormholes
Matthew Wright looks at wormholes in sci-fi