Welcome to a fresh issue of your Maths Society Newsletter. It’s now June – somehow we are halfway through 2026 already! In this issue, we discuss a fascinating probability paradox about birthdays. How many people would you need in a room for two of them to share a birthday? Read more and find out – it’s probably fewer than you expect. We also explore the life of Alan Turing, the man who taught machine to think. He was born on the 23rd of June – how many people would you need to find to be confident one of you shares a birthday with him?
-Charlton C