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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.
Significant figures: Gladys West
Madeleine Hall looks at one of the minds behind GPS
Surfing on wavelets
Johannes Huber explores the maths behind how image compression works.
Christmas puzzle #3: Colouring by numbers
Puzzle #3 in our 2020 Christmas puzzle series
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.
In conversation with Andrea Bertozzi
We chat to Andrea about crime, maths and her fluid career