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(In James Doohan’s voice:) “Captain, I cannae get ethical approval for beaming you up.”

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.

What’s hot and what’s not, Issue 20
Fashion is fleeting, Chalkdust regulars are not.
A Year in Numbers
We review the seventh of this year's nominees for Book of the Year
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Overturned polygons: shapes with less than two sides
Hugh Duncan explores polygons with a shortage of edges
Closing the Gap
A review of Vicky Neale's new book about the quest to understand prime numbers.
Stopping distances in the Highway Code are wrong
An easy equation to remember for your driving theory test, with dangerous consequences