Collision

Mathematics and the Mob

A new movie on an extraordinary figure from antiquity focuses on a female mathematician

The Sound of Laughter

New research traces how laughter would have first sounded among primates

Science of Hype

Three great stories come together in the find of a fossil primate. Of these the media spin is the most extraordinary

Chaos Theory

This month the American Scientist used this image to commemorate a path breaking study in experimental mathematics

Polls are Child’s Play

Research on polling choices suggests appearance counts far more than substance

Seeing Colour at Night

Learning Language

Scientists studying bird songs have come up with observations that suggest there is no separating nurture from nature

Bertrand Russell Superstar

The 1950 Nobel Laureate for Literature finds his true home in a Greek comic book that details the quest for the very foundation of maths

Hubble Anniversary