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News

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Meta LLM, Center for Data Innovation, ageing and more

Puzzle

A murder mystery evening
Plus the solution to “Klingons on the starboard bow?”

Editorial

It’s a jungle out there

History’s lessons for AI

How can AI developers learn from early statistics pioneers?

What’s in a name?

The winning entry in our writing competition explores data linkage with the help of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bad stats

Our new regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups. This issue: Danish sunbathers and immortal time bias

Freedom of expression: our pledge

Book review

AI Snake Oil reviewed by Tom King

Letters

Feedback from Significance readers

Crossword

Full Circle, by Sam Buttrey. Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword

Questions answered

Ji-Hyun Lee, biostatistician and 2025 President of the ASA

Data visualisation guide: part 3

Visualisation types and accessibility

Uncovering Amazonia   

Statistics helps discover the truth about ancient human life in the Amazon rainforest

The R number: so what did we learn?

The final instalment in our series by Gavin Freeguard on the pandemic’s famous epidemiological tool

Use of force in prisons

Exploring the rise in use of force in California’s high-security prisons

Helping the state lottery      

What happened when a statistician spotted a mistake on the state lottery playslip?

Renewable energy

Could a statistical error be derailing our transition?