How does maths help in tackling infectious diseases? Join Julia Gog to find out in this series of videos and articles, and have a go at modelling diseases yourself!

In a network, not all nodes are created equal. Find out about three neat ways of measuring the importance of a node.

Ranganathan won a prestigious Whitehead Prize for shattering geometric shapes and then putting them back together again.

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This week we're at the HLF with some of the greatest minds in maths!

Jacob Tsimerman has won a Fields Medal for taming wild mathematical structures in algebraic geometry.

Here’s a highlight that provides a glimpse into the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, which took place from September 14–19, 2025. #HLF25 An accessible version of this video is available here:…

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Would you like to learn more about maths and data science? Are you learning about maths and wondering how it is used in the world around you? Or are you wondering how school maths links up to cutting…

Every year in September the German city of Heidelberg hosts the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF). It's an amazing experience — around 200 young researchers from around the world meet with the…

The mathematical problem with turbulence.

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Should a life-saving, but expensive, cancer drug be made available on the NHS even though it only benefits very few people? We spoke to Joe Hilton, a health economist, to understand more about how dif...

Ingenious maths keeps your credit card details safe when you shop online and underlies the security of the internet. Find out how in this easy introduction.

Are you thinking of doing a Masters or PhD in maths or another STEM subject but are worried about funding? Then the Martingale Foundation might be for you. Find out more in this episode of Maths on…

Mathematics as a family event? Listen to one family explain how they worked together to prove a new result in group theory.

Hot weather, cold air conditioning, and fantastic mathematics — we report on our experience at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians.

Getting a different picture of our planet.

How is AI impacting mathematics today? Geordie Williamson tells us about recent work resulting from genuine collaboration between human and machine.

We talk to the team behind the Glasgow and Dublin bid about their plans for the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians.

In this episode we speak to Julian Sahasrabudhe in the run up to ICM 2026 about how he got into maths, combinatorics, and finding connections to other areas of maths.

Find out how topology, traditionally part of pure maths, can help us understand big data, with applications in areas such as cancer research and social justice.

We guide you through an exciting recent breakthrough in the world of topology, involving something called the telescope conjecture.

In the run up to the ICM 2026, we speak to one of the invited speakers at the Congress, Richard Samworth, all about his work in statistics.

One of our favourite colleagues here at the University of Cambridge is Professor of Applied Mathematics Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb. We have had the pleasure to work with her quite a bit over the last fe...

We speak to Hannah Fry, winner of this year's Leelavati prize, in the run-up to the ICM 2026 about how she feels about being awarded the prize, the role of mathematics in culture, and her favourite ex...