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DNA origami, tracks and an interview with El Nombre feature in our AW25 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
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In conversation with Christopher Lillicrap
Adam Townsend and Clare Wallace talk to the children’s programme creator about writing for younger generations
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Microbe wars
May the bending and twisting forces be with Hannah Woods
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Gearing up for the track
Mats Vermeeren gets involved in involutes
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How many tiles does this game have?
Peter Rowlett gets in a tangle ... KNOT!
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Prize crossnumber, Issue 22
Win £100 of MathsGear goodies with our famously fiendish crossnumber
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Dear Dirichlet, Issue 22
Rhythm, rivers and rises pollute the prof's postbag this issue
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