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The mind games that make Tour de France winners

Chess on wheels: The psychology of the Tour de France The Tour de France, which finishes this weekend, is regarded as one of the world's toughest...

25.07.2026 20

BBC

Kit Yates

The strangest game in football history

Losing to win: The strangest game in football history Sometimes sporting rules can incentivise teams to do behave in ways that appear to defy logic...

05.07.2026 20

BBC

Kit Yates

How to complete the largest ever World Cup sticker book

The maths behind the largest ever World Cup sticker book Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved tradition. This...

10.06.2026 20

BBC

Kit Yates

What Kevin Keegan’s cancer diagnosis reveals about how we find disease

Kevin Keegan’s cancer diagnosis and a surprising statistical quirk. What car crashes, shark attacks and workplace safety have in common.

03.06.2026 10

The Conversation

Kit Yates

The mathematical crimes of the Young Sherlock Holmes series

Can you solve the GCSE maths problem that ‘baffled’ Young Sherlock Holmes?

24.03.2026 20

The Conversation

Kit Yates

Louvre robbery: The maths of museum security

An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can...

31.10.2025 20

BBC

Kit Yates

The maths behind world records

New world records in some sports are remarkably elusive, yet in others they seem to fall regularly, as Armand Duplantis's extraordinary pole vault...

05.10.2025 30

BBC

Kit Yates

Mass hysteria at Heathrow airport – how social contagion works

Heathrow’s Terminal 4 evacuation shows the power of social contagion.

10.09.2025 20

The Conversation

Kit Yates

Mass hysteria at Heathrow aiport – how social contagion works

Heathrow’s Terminal 4 evacuation shows the power of social contagion.

09.09.2025 20

The Conversation

Kit Yates

The mathematics of the perfect penalty shootout

Professional footballers sometimes use a mathematical strategy to help them score a penalty, or save one – and it all comes down to randomness. As...

20.07.2025 20

BBC

Kit Yates