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...under license from Outstanding Resources, and is provided here solely for the purpose of your own private study. For use in teaching in an educational setting, you must purchase a single-user license from the Times Educational Supplement website. And a special thanks to Rebecca Rosenberg, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, for her help in developing this activity....

...study of natural or man-made process in order to understand how and why they happen. Sometimes science proceeds simply by careful observation and the linking of concepts and ideas, but it may also require the development of technology and new experimental approaches. The term forensic comes from the Latin word forensis, which refers to a Roman business place known as the...

...study of material with naturally aperiodic structure, known as quasicrystals. Quasicrystals have unique material properties and applications are being investigated. But since the discovery of Penrose’s two tile sets, mathematicians have wondered, is it possible to create an aperiodic set of tiles consisting of just one tile – an aperiodic monotile! Well, that...