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Through the looking-glass

Some molecules - thalidomide, for example - come in both left and right handed versions, while others are indistinguishable from their reflections. Plus finds out about the role of mathematical symmetry in chemistry.
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CAPTCHA if they can

A test invented by the mathematician Alan Turing in 1950 is helping to stop spammers.
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Getting into the picture

Imagine stepping inside your favourite painting, walking around the light-filled music room of Vermeer's "The Music Lesson" or exploring the chapel in the "Trinity" painted by Masaccio in the 15th century. Using the mathematics of perspective, researchers are now able to produce three-dimensional reconstructions of the scenes depicted in these works.

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Fuzzy pizza

Researchers are now asking for a serve of fuzzy logic with their pizza.
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All tied up

What do tying your shoe laces and Santa's Christmas Eve journey have in common?
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X-otic X-ray visions

Using their X-ray vision, astronomers have for the first time found two black holes in the same galaxy, and taken a peek inside a neutron star.
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Stolen science

A rare first edition of Newton's mathematical masterpiece has been stolen! And is Newton the Greatest Briton?
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