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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.

Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
Issue 20
Spirographs, complex triangles and a lot of ants feature in our AW24 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
Crossnumber winners, issue 11
Did you solve it?
What’s your favourite number?
Favourite numbers for many are linked to birthdays or anniversaries, but here is our take on the question