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Physics

The maths problems that could win you a million dollars

Six of the seven Millennium Prize problems remain unsolved, but cracking any one of them would be a major – and financially rewarding – achievement

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Earth

Simple equation shows how human activity is trashing the planet

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Mary Jackson

Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

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Katherine Johnson

Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

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Space

Lost in space: Two books on the forgotten women of astroscience

Culture

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Life

Molecules tied into beautiful 'octofoil' knot for first time

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Technology

Imagination not interaction: inside London’s new maths gallery

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Culture's Puzzle Page: It's Christmaths…

Culture

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

The prize, founded and funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, aims to ape the film industry and make scientists into celebrities with a televised ceremony

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Physics

Crowdsourced prime number could help solve a 50-year-old problem

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Humans

Maths says delaying Article 50 could bring better Brexit deal

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Humans

Blind people use brain's visual cortex to help do maths

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Humans

Metaphysics special: What is reality made of?

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