A mathematician has disproved Ryanair’s claim that its 2-for-1 scratch cards ‘double your chance of winning’

REUTERS/Yves Herman Ryanair cabin crew claimed that buying 2-for-1 scratch cards doubled chances of winning.  Doctor of physics at Oxford University, David Robert Grimes, looked at the maths of the offer and found out this wasn’t quite true.  Grimes posted his sums on Twitter, saying, “No, Dice O’Leary!” target at the airline’s CEO. Flying Ryanair […]

A mathematician explains what time you should get to the airport before your flight

AP What’s the best time to get to the airport? It depends on how much you hate waiting around an airport, and how willing you are to risk missing your flight. However, if you’ve never missed a flight, you’re probably showing up too early. University of Wisconsin mathematician Jordan Ellenberg explores this problem and many […]

An Oxford mathematician explains how time might have existed before the Big Bang

Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician and author of The Great Unknown, explained why we don’t really know what happened before the Big Bang. He told Business Insider: “We’re really not too sure and in fact, that may be a question that doesn’t even make sense because time, we think, started at the Big Bang. So it doesn’t […]