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Leaving messy footprints

Leaving messy footprints

The ‘carbon footprint’ is a measure of the amount of pollution that is created by doing certain things; but why does that matter, and what does it actually mean?

Over the rainbow

Over the rainbow

A beautiful demonstration of geometry written across the sky in beams of light.

Roller Coaster

Twist and shout

Roller coasters engineers crunch the numbers to keep rides safe.

Quantum computation

Quantum computation

Down beneath everything we know lies another world. A world where nothing is forever, nothing is impossible, and nothing is certain.

Gymnast

Acrobatic arithmetic

Changes to the rules of gymnastics left a lot of people unhappy when they lost the "perfect 10".

Cube Puzzle

Cube Puzzle winners and solution

The Cube Puzzle was a challenge brought to the Big Bang London courtesy of the MathsCareers Team.

Colour world map

A colourful problem

How many colours do you need to fill in a map? The answer is more complicated than you'd think...

Golden numbers

Golden numbers

Can maths make things beautiful? Certain geometric shapes and ratios crop up again and again in art and nature.

Budget box

Budgeting for success

Never seem to have enough cash? With a budget you can track your spending and plan for the future.

Partner websites

Partner websites

The Maths Careers website is working in collaboration with Future Morph and the Science & Maths campaign.