Man wants to search dump for lost hard drive with bitcoin fortune – here are his odds of finding it

If you only search in one location. there’s only a one in 143 billion chance of finding the hard drive.

Craig Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow • conversation
Feb. 27, 2025 ~7 min

Experts have challenged the medical case against Lucy Letby. What about the statistical evidence?

A mathematician explains the fallacies that may have played a part in Letby’s conviction.

Christian Yates, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath • conversation
Feb. 7, 2025 ~7 min


Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics

Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will join the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 22, 2024 ~4 min

Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics

Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will join the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 22, 2024 ~4 min

Vegan dog food has been hailed as the healthiest – our study shows the reality is more complicated

We reviewed data that purportedly showed a vegan diet was healthier and found there were more factors at play.

Richard Barrett-Jolley, Senior Lecturer covering Veterinary Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology, University of Liverpool • conversation
May 20, 2024 ~7 min

The ‘average’ revolutionized scientific research, but overreliance on it has led to discrimination and injury

The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?

Zachary del Rosario, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Olin College of Engineering • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~9 min

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

The best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a problem across the US, as an engineer who works on disaster resilience explains.

Michel Bruneau, Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo • conversation
Nov. 7, 2023 ~9 min

Making genetic prediction models more inclusive

MIT computer scientists developed a way to calculate polygenic scores that makes them more accurate for people across diverse ancestries.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Oct. 26, 2023 ~9 min


How records of life's milestones help solve cold cases, pinpoint health risks and allocate public resources

Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could help public health researchers better study pandemics and disease.

Paula Fomby, Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in Population Studies, University of Pennsylvania • conversation
Feb. 15, 2023 ~10 min

People don't mate randomly – but the flawed assumption that they do is an essential part of many studies linking genes to diseases and traits

People don’t randomly select who they have children with. And that means an underlying assumption in research that tries to link particular genes to certain diseases or traits is wrong.

Noah Zaitlen, Professor of Neurology and Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Nov. 21, 2022 ~9 min

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