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In skimming, spin's the thing
Find out how to beat the world record in stone skimming - you just need to do the maths!
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Two computer science students and their professor prove testing for primes is easy - a result that has eluded mathematicians for centuries.
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Putting it in perspective
Mathematics is helping the blind move forward and us all to step inside the past.
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Safety in numbers
Today's digital world with its free flow of information, would not exist without cryptography to guarantee our privacy. Plus meets mathematician, author and broadcaster Simon Singh to find out about the science of secrecy.
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Pi not a piece of cake
Researchers are closer to proving the digits of pi are random.
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Anticipating anthrax
Can mathematics help defend against another attack?
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Games, Life and the Game of Life
When we finally meet the Martians, John Conway believes they are going to want to talk mathematics. He talks to Plus about his Life game, artificial life and what we will have in common with extraterrestrials.