A new brainteaser has left people stumped as it challenges you to work out what the next number in a sequence should be, but ...

Newcastle mascot, Maggie Magpie has a song and movement routine to help students learn all about number patterns. This is a great refresher for pupils and will get them physically active too. The ...

Simple patterns can be found almost everywhere in the environment, from drain covers to leaves and road markings, say Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson Patterns are essential to building ...

Wonder why babies nap on some days but not on others? Or why older people wake up earlier? Mathematical modelling of sleep regulation provides some surprising answers to these and other questions, ...

Colin Foster receives funding from Research England and UKRI Economic and Social Research Council. He works for Loughborough University and is Director of the Loughborough University Mathematics ...