51��

Skip to content

Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page ‘summary’

Physics

Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page ‘summary’

Mathematicians have struggled to understand a 500-page-long proof of the ABC conjecture for half a decade. A new explainer might be able to shed some light

51��

ballot box

Humans

Democracy needs an upgrade to ensure it keeps people on its side

Leader

boy with blackboard covered in sums

Physics

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

Features

maths artwork

Humans

Our greatest creation: Where maths comes from and what it's for

Features

numbers 3

Physics

Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know

Features

numbers 4

Physics

Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy

Features

number 2

Physics

Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us

Features

numbers 1

Physics

Authority figures: The numbers that rule them all

Features

A baby looking inquisitively to its left

Health

Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work

51��

Hands holding book

Health

From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

A visit to the bookstore turns up a trove of smart scientific (and not-so-scientific) thinking

Culture

Technology

Time to bust the myth that Ada Lovelace was an overhyped aristo

Comment

Life

Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings

51��

Physics

Mathematics has a bad hair day

Culture

Physics

It’s not you – solving a Rubik’s cube quickly is officially hard

51��