Issue 1556

Smart and Funny: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

Calum Grant explores a nefarious plot to educate cartoon viewers

AMS Album of the Week: In a Tidal Wave of Mystery

George Spence-Jones reviews an album by Capital Cities

Chillin’ in fanboy heaven

Stuart Masson reviews Mountain Goats at the Union Chapel

An interview with Simon Singh

Calum Grant interviews science writer Simon Singh.

The Old Men and the Sea

John Park reviews "Captain Phillips" and "All is Lost"

Tessa’s Top Ten Tips for Graduation

Comment Editor Tessa Davey gives tips on how to survive Commemoration Day!

Point your face at this

Emma Wills on Demetri Martin's new book of drawings

Nintendo’s Ethical Legacy

Comment Editor Eoghan Totten on Nintendo's positive influence on the younger generation

Prince Harry Visits Imperial

Royal visits the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies on the South Kensington Campus

My Royal Conspiracy

Tessa Davey on the global conspiracy to keep her away from Prince Harry

Higgs-tory through the ages: fifty years yields Nobel prize

Philippa Skett gives us an exciting history lesson about the Higgs boson and how its existence was finally confirmed last year

Jet lag resistance in mice

They don’t suffer like you after a long flight, Fiona Hartley explains