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Nora is a master’s student at UCL, interested in applied maths. When not studying, you can (almost always) find her reading.

Significant figures: Sofya Kovalevskaya
Nora Koparan tells the story of the first female professor of mathematics
Forest fires
Steven Lockwood finds polygonal numbers hidden in a spreading fire
My secret
Julia Schanen hates being mistaken for a genius.
How can we tell that 2≠1?
Maynard manages to prove that 2≠1 in less space than it took Bertrand Russell to prove that 1+1=2
The mathematics of human migration
Human migration with mathematical models, data and a hands-on experiment!
Top Ten vote: Colours of chalk
Vote for your favourite colour of chalk for Issue 04: is it white, yellow, or the Post Office Tower?