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Period 3 orbits break up into two distinct groups with different shapes

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.

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 $\square$?
Surfing on wavelets
Johannes Huber explores the maths behind how image compression works.
Christmas competition #3: ‘An eggnog mystery’
Lies, liquor and logical deduction play their part in this festive holiday tale
The pipe singularity
In the Aztec city of Atzlan, the scientist Remotep makes a revolutionary discovery