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Published 9 March 2025 at 1920 × 1080 in Chalkdust dissertation prize winner 2024

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Sam is a maths student at Durham University where he hosts
Chalkboard Ultra podcast and spends too much time thinking about the Standard Model and Mexican hats. If he’s not pestering Adam then he can definitely be found playing the keytar in a funk band completely unrelated to quantum field theory.

A symmetric universe
Sam Kay reflects on building a universe
The big argument: Should we write another issue?
How much barrel is left to scrape?
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
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The mathematics of human migration
Human migration with mathematical models, data and a hands-on experiment!
Number Rumbler–a new fun maths game!
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