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What do mathematicians do all day?

Ratios - making baking a piece of cake.

Annoyed that your favourite act didn't win X Factor? Find out why its mathematically impossible to have a fair vote.

The ‘lady with the lamp’ was also the mistress of statistics.

As medical science becomes more advanced, maths is a vital tool in medical studies, medicine design and imaging.

There are hundreds of diets on the market, but only one basic equation behind how we process food.

Hairstyling is an art, and like all artists hairdressers need to understand geometry.

When the dead rise from their graves, it’s time to call the epidemiologists. Mathematical models give tactics for surviving the unholy onslaught.