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Published 26 October 2024 at 640 × 428 in Ferm-ant’s principle

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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.

Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
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 $\square$?
Do the shuffle: finding π in your playlists
Henry Jaspars really likes Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist.
The Drake equation
Is there life on Mars? Or anywhere else?