B1 - Chalkdust

The nucleon

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 $\square$?
Complex numbers and algebra
Exploring the beauty of complex numbers, their origins and why they are important
The mathematics of Maryam Mirzakhani
We take a proper look at her mathematical accomplishments
The perils of p-values
David Colquhoun explains why more discoveries are false than you thought