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Clare (like gare) is a Chalkdust editor. In her spare time, she’s an assistant professor at Durham University. She likes Skittles, probability, and making the magazine look more like Cosmo.

In conversation with Christopher Lillicrap
Adam Townsend and Clare Wallace talk to the children’s programme creator about writing for younger generations
Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
Chalkdust’s Christmas conundrums
As the festive season strikes again, we'll be dishing out more fiendish puzzles – this time with prizes!
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.