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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.

In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
Crossnumber winners, issue 12
Did you solve it?
Fun phenomena in fluids
A selection of weird goings-on from the world of fluid mechanics
Christmas cracker joke II
This post was part of the Chalkdust 2016 Advent Calendar. Newton: "Are you going to the Fibonacci themed Christmas party?" Euler: "Yes! I heard it's going to be as big as the two previous years put together."
Maths for money: The Longitude Prize
When people do science for money…
Music playlists, Facebook and Twitter
Here is a very exciting way to measure how similar is your music playlist between your friends, or how similar are your Facebook contacts.