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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How to flunk it, fix it, and kick the door in
June 6th deserves a pause. Not the poppy-emoji-on-stories kind. A proper pause — the kind where you stop, breathe, and realise this day changed everything. Because on this day in 1944, thousands of mostly young men (many the age of Year 13s) climbed into boats, planes and gliders, crossed the English
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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
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Run like you stole it
Last Sunday, while over 50,000 people ran the London Marathon, I completed a much shorter (and lazier) event: the “Watch-Athon.” Cuppa? Check. Curious brain? Double check. Admiration? Absolutely. And no intention of joining in. I hate running. If you see me sprinting, call for help — I’m either being
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—