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What do mathematicians do all day?

Traffic problems getting you down? Maybe maths can help you arrive on time.

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

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

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