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Science: Cosmic tennis blasts particles to infinity
News
Review: The wonderful world of the wild and the weird
Books & Arts
Review: Slimmer, fitter mathematics
Books & Arts
Forum: A bit of a flap – When it came to cats, Newton had it easy
The ultimate jigsaw puzzle: You can’t square a circle using a ruler and compass. But a pair of mathematical scissors will do the job by cutting the circle up into a huge but finite number of pieces
Features
Forum: The Ppound in your pocket – Ian Stewart has finally sorted out his millions from his billions
Review: The facts that fascinate
Books & Arts
Review: Stalk the wild trajectory – Flights of fancy for Christmas begin with puzzles for the mind, soar with Balinese birds and British bats, then descend to the tomb and chaotic presents
Books & Arts
Review: Back to the future, part 2
Books & Arts
Risky business
Inside Science
Student Review: The changing face of mathematics
Books & Arts
Student Review: This year looks like being chaos year
Books & Arts