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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 the cover: Some assembly required
Trippy brain massages from Sam Palmer's artwork on the front of Issue 16
How to make: tessellating shortbread
Tasty and mathematical
Heads and Tails
An unexpected way to beat the odds in this classic game
Chalkdust’s Christmas conundrums
As the festive season strikes again, we'll be dishing out more fiendish puzzles – this time with prizes!
A brief history of gravitational waves
The discovery of gravitational waves offers a new way of looking at the universe. Who knows what we will discover?