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Physics

The Renaissance gambler who invented probability to win at cards

Jerome Cardano's gambling obsession spurred him to invent two of the most important theories in maths, laying the foundations of quantum physics

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

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Humans

History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text

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

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

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Humans

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

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Physics

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

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Humans

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

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Physics

Fraudulent figures: The numbers that say when things are fishy

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Physics

Figures of fun: The quirkiest numbers we know

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Physics

Calming figures: The numbers that maintain harmony around us

From architecture to planetary orbits, these numbers play a vital role in keeping order

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Physics

Authority figures: The numbers that rule them all

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Health

Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work

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Health

From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

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Technology

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

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