Roger Penrose is 95 today. The fire still burns bright.

We understand you're an applied mathematician developing data-centric computational methodologies, including machine learning and AI, to advance understanding of problems arising in the physical, biological, medical and information sciences. You sound perfect. Details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81913

It has been erroneously suggested that we are using Pluto, our feline favourite, to sneak maths into the lives of people who don't understand it. Actually, we are using maths to sneak cats into the lives of people who don't understand them.

Those of you following Derek Moulton's first year Dynamics lectures will be pleased to know that the next two lectures are up. Those of you not following Derek Moulton's first year Dynamics lectures will be pleased to know that the next two lectures are up. Watch: youtu.be/YHZCo1gb_7E

Pi and maths in India are on the menu in the last 'Tower of Babel'. Unlike other mathematical words, Pi has a habit of being the same in many languages. Pi Day is on 14 March each year (geddit?). But if you don't want maths, there's always National Pie Day (US) or Pie Week (UK). Much too filling.

Pluto isn't doing much here. In fact he's not doing anything at all. But from his sedentary position, he is demonstrating an important piece of mathematics. Doesn't he always?

Three years of research in 180 seconds and one slide? Brave. Our Three-minute Thesis Competition. You be the judge: youtu.be/fn9o-sUNN7c

Equations (in seven tongues) and al-Khwarizmi are the stars of Tower of Babel Episode 8.  Note from our historian: as Yassine says, al-Khwarizmi gave his name to the word 'algorithm', but the use of an algorithm to solve what we now call quadratic equations dates back to the Mesopotamians c1800 BC.

Oxford Mathematician Graeme Segal has been awarded the Chern Medal at the ICM in Philadelphia today. The medal is awarded every four years in recognition of an outstanding lifelong achievement at the highest level in the field of mathematics. Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81763

A long time ago, in a distant land called the English summer, you'd often see, in gardens, long tubes, usually made of rubber or plastic. At the end of these tubes, hands would wave the tube about and water might - or might not - gush. Happy days.

Our undergraduate lectures start on the hour, but a seemingly unshakeable tradition means they start at five past. They finish at five to, allowing time for the next lecture to start on the hour. Which it doesn't. Here are two more Dynamics lectures: youtu.be/mCwv2_QBh7M

We probably don't spend much time thinking about colleagues' mathematical schooldays. Presumably they were all a bit similar, it being maths, the universal language etc. But behind each story lies language (or lack of it). And political circumstance. Here's Radek.

If you suffer from osteoarthritis you might not look to a mathematician to help you. Join the newly created GSK-Imperial-Oxford Modelling-Informed Medicine Centre (MiMeC) and help develop mathematical models to inform intervention strategies for the condition: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81762

Emmy Noether was a major figure in 20th century mathematics. But the challenges in her life were not only mathematical. In this acclaimed student production, her life is revisited in Emmy and her contemporaries' own words. Watch 'Noether' from 5 p.m today: youtu.be/4oMuV9XW-CQ

A leopard may not be able to change its spots, but a mathematician can.

Come and work with Wallis Professor Max Gubinelli and the team as they carry out large-scale research into stochastic analysis of Euclidean quantum field theories and related fields. www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81768

The Mathematical Logic group is an integral part of our mathematical life in Oxford. Its main focus is on model theory and we are looking for a two-year postdoc to join us in our research, working independently, part of the group, and with the wider research community: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81749

If you are in Oxford, walk across to Port Meadow, open grassland unploughed for 4000 years where cows cool their cloven hooves in the River Thames (known as the Isis in Oxford) and people wild swim alongside swans and geese. Idyllic. But we're mathematicians, so we have a question.

Oxford Mathematician @joshuabull.bsky.social is in big trouble. He failed to heed the most important warning on social media for a mathematician: Don't try to be funny.

No, not the mathematical hand of God, but Derek Moulton providing some graphic detail in his 1st year Dynamics lectures. Lectures 7 & 8, covering motion in higher dimensions before moving on to angular momentum and constrained systems, are now free to air: youtu.be/TX5vb-BpvBs

Algebra spoken in six different languages and a mathematical sing-along in a language spoken by over a billion people. The latest from the Tower of Babel.

Oxford Mathematicians Martin Bridson and Yuji Nakatsukasa have been recognised in this year's @londmathsoc.bsky.social (LMS) awards. Martin (left) wins the Polya Prize while Yuji has been awarded the Whitehead Prize. More about Martin and Yuji: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81707

He's back. Our number 1 influencer. And he's not holding back. From chasing a ball, to insect flight, control theory and unpredictable stock markets, all in two minutes. Also featuring Sam Howison.

James Maynard has been appointed new Regius Professor of Mathematics in Oxford. One of the outstanding talents in mathematics today, James is currently Professor of Number Theory in Oxford. He will succeed Andrew Wiles, our inaugural Regius Professor. www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81648

If you want more Dynamics lectures - and who doesn't - Derek Moulton is our action man as he moves from linear stability to coupled oscillators. First year undergraduate course, lectures 5 & 6: youtu.be/GOFH423fqv8

'Prime number', spoken in nine different tongues, kicks off the latest episode of 'the Tower of Babel'. It's followed by Luci Bonatto discussing her mathematical upbringing in Brazil and its influence on how she thinks and teaches in Oxford.

Listing awards can feel self-congratulatory but it gives us an excuse to showcase our people. The excellent Patrick Farrell has won SIAM's Germund Dahlquist Prize: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81664 PS: didn't someone say all awards are rubbish but that didn't mean they wanted to win them any the less?

If you're being drained by a heatwave, you may not feel very dynamic. But Derek Moulton is always dynamic & in lectures 3 & 4 from his first year Dynamics course he's all over 1D energy landscapes & linear stability. We'll show the full course in coming weeks. Stay cool. Watch: youtu.be/oOZ-I9OBv9g

Oxford term is over and panting summer is here. So what have the guys learnt? And which mathematician gets a special shout-out?

Oxford Mathematicians Ben Green (left) and Alex Scott awarded European Research Coucil (@erc.europa.eu) Advanced Grants. The grants are one of the most prestigious research awards in the world, providing long-term funding to leading scientists and scholars. Read more: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81590