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Did you know …

Did you know …

… the human brain is made up of more neurons than there are stars in the galaxy – over 100 billion. Pathways in your brain are rewired second to second as you learn to do new things.

Health & Society

  • The maths of shrinkflation – how your food could be getting smaller

    The maths of shrinkflation – how your food could be getting smaller

    You might have noticed how your chocolate bars have been getting smaller but have stayed roughly the same price. This is called shrinkflation – it is a cunning way of raising prices without actually raising the price of the product you are buying off the shelf. It is only when you sit down and do […]

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  • Fighting Cancer

    Fighting Cancer

    Saving lives with the help of mathematics One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. Consequently, cancer treatment is expected to cost the NHS £13.2 billion by 2021, and so there is an urgent need to develop novel and effective therapies to cope with these demands. One of […]

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  • How mathematics helps solve murders

    How mathematics helps solve murders

    When detectives arrive at the scene of a murder they are presented with lots of evidence, ranging from tiny unseen hairs or particles which could provide DNA, to bigger more noticeable clues such as potential murder weapons. Some of the most gruesome and obvious clues are usually bloodstains, and, by using mathematical analysis, these bloodstains […]

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  • How Paralympic athletes are compared using maths

    How Paralympic athletes are compared using maths

    How mathematics is used to compare the performances of Paralympic athletes who experience differing levels of impairment.

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  • The maths of online dating

    The maths of online dating

    You might not think that finding your true love and mathematics have much in common, however increasingly you would be wrong. Just like the fact that more people are shopping online every year, more people are also dating online. The online dating industry is worth an estimated £300 million each year in the UK and […]

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  • Tips on tips

    Tips on tips

    Going out for a meal’s a treat. You’ve enjoyed some good food and someone else is going to wash up – but then comes the bill and the embarrassment of figuring out how much to tip.

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