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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.
On conditional probability: Cards, Covid, and Crazy Rich Asians
Madeleine Hall explores the sometimes counterintuitive consequences of conditional probability to our everyday lives.
Molly and the Mathematical Mystery
We review the fourth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Maths on the Back of an Envelope
We review the eighth of this year's nominees for the Book of the Year
Crossnumber winners, issue 09
Did you solve it?
How many quadratics factorise?
Write down a quadratic. What is the probability that it factorises? Paging Prof. Dirichet...