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Crowdsourcing a census on gun violence

Last Friday, a student shooting at Arapahoe High School left one classmate in a critical…

Stephanie KovalchikDecember 19, 2013

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Every noise at once: using big data to explore new music

At The Echo Nest we collect pretty much every bit of data about music we…

Glenn McDonaldDecember 17, 2013

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When terms and conditions apply

I overheard a conversation with a man representing a Silicon Valley company the other day.…

Cullen HobackDecember 9, 2013

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The menace of daily life

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Alvan Feinstein’s paper ‘Scientific Standards…

Tom FanshaweDecember 5, 2013

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How involved are disabled people in the modern economy?

Since today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to highlight some…

Dane KorverDecember 3, 2013

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New cardiovascular disease risk calculator is too risky

Do you know your chance of developing cancer? diabetes? osteoperosis? If not, there is a…

Stephanie KovalchikNovember 29, 2013

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How many Thanksgiving turkeys have received Presidential pardons?

It has been a source of comfort for many Americans at Thanksgiving that although they…

Oz FlanaganNovember 26, 2013

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What’s behind the awesome rise of Twitter?

After Twitter was successfully floated on the New York Stock Exchange this November, its share…

Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2013

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DWTS voting system needs a makeover

On October 14, Christina Milian stood under the spotlight with the threat of elimination during…

Stephanie KovalchikNovember 14, 2013

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The problem with African development statistics

Since the publication of Poor Numbers a healthy debate on the meaning of development statistics…

Morten JervenNovember 12, 2013

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The physicist and the social scientist

Recently, I was let in on a fascinating email conversation that spontaneously began when two…

Oz FlanaganNovember 7, 2013

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Seasonally adjusting time

During the First World War, countries on both sides introduced ‘daylight saving time’ (DST) in…

Michael MernaghNovember 1, 2013

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The music that is better than itself

In the 1930s, Pitirim A. Sorokin and J.W. Boldyreff conducted the most interesting experiment1. They…

Mikhail SimkinOctober 28, 2013

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From science to advice: reinventing the scientific generalist (part two)

Solly Zuckerman (pictured) was meticulous in measuring things to assemble evidence when there was none,…

Thomas KingOctober 17, 2013

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From science to advice: Solly Zuckerman, bringing evidence into military strategy (part one)

The publications marking the transition to a new government chief scientific advisor in Britain give…

Thomas KingOctober 7, 2013

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Bourbaki’s theorem: a hoax math lecture

A couple years ago I wrote about an experiment where researchers had hired an actor…

Mikhail SimkinOctober 1, 2013

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Google wants to extend your life

Can statistics save your life? Well, Google certainly thinks it can. Moreover, the company has…

Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesSeptember 30, 2013

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Climate change: the next generation’s problem?

The narrative on the importance of tackling climate change has generally come from the scientists…

Oz FlanaganSeptember 26, 2013

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Do guns or people kill people?

In mid-September, the US witnessed yet another mass shooting. This time a gunman made his…

Michael A. LewisSeptember 24, 2013

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The Phillips Curve revisited

In my first article, A short overview of the Phillips Curve, I outlined the complicated…

Michael MernaghSeptember 19, 2013