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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.

Mathematics and pregnancy
Eleanor Doman and Qi Zhou swap percentages for placenta-ges
Significant figures: David Singmaster (1938–2023)
Colin Wright remembers the puzzle giant with a passion for sharing
In conversation with Martin Hairer
We talk to the Fields medallist about his life, his work and his advice to his younger self.
My mathematical trajectory
Stories and lessons on diversity in mathematics from a globe-trotting number theorist.
Seeing double
Take a ball, divide it into parts, glue them back and get two identical copies of your ball!
Hunting for polydivisibles
The search for polydivisible numbers in different bases: how many can you find?

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