btr2 - Chalkdust

A selfie of Kat and three of her colleagues, with their backs to the stage in a theatre

The Behind the Research team

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.
Universal poetry
Andrew Stacey explores the mathematics within poetry.
Chalkdust dissertation prize
Calling all final-year students!
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
How do calculators do trigonometry?
W.L. Feldhusen explains the obscure sine-finding trick hiding inside your calculator!
Page 3 model: Traffic flow
Ever been stuck in motorway traffic which seems to have no reason? A model for traffic flow explains why.