This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Two physicists are sitting in a car. One says to the other, ...

It's that point when a smooth river turns into a tumultuous swirl of white water, the tornado that unpredictably changes course on a dime or the wild interactions of three planets under one another's ...

History of mathematics tells us that its role as an aid to describing natural phenomena really took off with Isaac Newton. Amongst his many contributions to maths and science was the new branch of ...

The Mathematics of Chaos — a documentary that was aired on BBC Four not too long ago is an informative, enlightening but disturbing viewing experience. In brief, it contrasts the modern understanding ...