David Whitehouse

Will the toughest problem in maths ever be solved?

14 September 2024 9:00 am

For many, not just mathematicians, the Riemann hypothesis is the very definition of a supremely difficult problem that might be…

Aliens exist? Prove it

3 August 2024 9:00 am

At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio there is, it is rumoured, a secret underground room where a crashed alien…

The moon matters to China

1 June 2024 9:00 am

China’s Chang’e-6 moon mission was launched on 3 May. It reached lunar orbit a few days later and began waiting…

Farewell, Voyager 1

13 April 2024 9:00 am

Some time soon we will have to say farewell to our most distant emissary – the Voyager 1 spacecraft. After…