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Published 8 March 2025 at 5000 × 5000 in On the cover: Voronoi diagrams and generative art

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‘Here’s what you could’ve won’: Some more of Hayden’s art

Sam is a maths student at Durham University where he hosts
Chalkboard Ultra podcast and spends too much time thinking about the Standard Model and Mexican hats. If he’s not pestering Adam then he can definitely be found playing the keytar in a funk band completely unrelated to quantum field theory.

A symmetric universe
Sam Kay reflects on building a universe
The big argument: Should we write another issue?
How much barrel is left to scrape?
The big argument: What’s the best way to end a proof?
QED or $\square$?
In conversation with Kat Phillips
Bethany Clarke and Ellen Jolley talk research, raids, and rugby with the Twitch streamer
Should you buy a Valentine’s day present?
For those of you tackling this dilemma, here's your answer...
Menace: the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine
Teaching a bunch of matchboxes how to play tic-tac-toe