Maths
Why You, Me, and Beyoncé Are All Pigeons
A dive into the Pigeonhole Principle—a deceptively simple idea with unexpectedly creative power. It doesn’t crunch numbers; it sidesteps them, using logic to prove the impossible.
Maths
Maths
13 ways to ruin a perfectly good Friday
A mathematical and scientific wander through the weirdness of Friday the 13th.
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Oxbridge interview prep... powered by IKEA?
I have stared into the abyss. The abyss has a name. It is SKÅRNVIK. It arrived in a toe-breakingly heavy IKEA-branded cardboard sarcophagus which seemed far too small to contain anything more ambitious than a sandwich. Yet, it promised a sleek, white monolith of drawers, quiet despair and my all-night
Maths
3.14 Reasons to Celebrate Today
“Mum, what’s Pi?” “3.141 and the rest…” “No, I know that. But what actually is Pi?” Ah. The moment every parent dreads: when your default walking Wikipedia mode malfunctions. Normally, I’d fire off a definition faster than you can say “Google it.” But this one deserved a
Maths
Your head might explode
Finance. Just saying it can make your head spin. Now try explaining it to kids. Suddenly, "Your head might explode" seems pretty accurate. From daily spending to stocks, finance is a vast maze. And it starts in the most unexpected places—like tapping a phone to buy a
Physics
Look up - and get hooked.
Saturday night. The frost was biting through my boots, and the thermometer mocked me: -4°C. Usually, this makes me utterly miserable. But, instead of complaining (okay, maybe I complained a little), we stood there, huddled together, shivering and captivated by the sky. Four planets—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—
Maths
Why you should care about Prime Numbers
Prime numbers are to online shopping as Batman is to Gotham City.
Maths
HCFs and LCMs
Tom is organising chairs for a wedding reception. He has 48 folding chairs and 60 plastic chairs. He wants to set up rows with both types of chairs in each row, with no leftover chairs. Each row has to have the same total number of chairs. What is the maximum