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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.

Chalkdust dissertation prize 2025
Calling all final-year students! This is your opportunity to get your work published as a Chalkdust article.
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 $\square$?
Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
After 100 years, a key postulate of the third law of thermodynamics has been proven. We meet Lluis Masanes, one of the researchers responsible.
Reinventing 2D: What a difference a matrix makes
How derivatives of matrices are being used in your day-to-day lives