Space-time and gravity might be born from the quantum world
To reconcile quantum mechanics and gravity, a new theory flips the usual script. Space-time and gravity may emerge from quantum effects, not the other way round
Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions
A long-standing maths puzzle has 1223 new solutions, more than doubling the number of possible paths three objects can take as they orbit one another
History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text
Carbon dating has revealed that the Bakshali manuscript housed in Oxford contains the earliest known version of our modern zero symbol -- and it is nearly 2000 years old
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
Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates
Who pays what in a flat-share is a tricky problem. Results from website Spliddit show the maths of fair division gives the solutions people think are best
Gerrymandering Is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians Can Prove It
The Beauty of Mathematics: It Can Never Lie to You
Calculating the Day Humans Began Changing the Earth Forever
The Mathematician Who Will Make You Fall in Love With Numbers
How to Build Beautiful 3-D Fractals Out of the Simplest Equations
