When will the cherry trees bloom in 2025?
Cherry blossom is not only a much-loved symbol of spring, and a metaphor for the…
Anna BrittenFebruary 12, 2025
Enter our 2025 writing competition
We’re excited to launch this year’s Significance Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing, a…
Call for submissions: Significance special issue on Africa
Significance magazine invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to the work, perspectives, and priorities…
Anna BrittenJanuary 30, 2025
5 minutes with: Tamanna Haque
Tamanna Haque studied maths with a focus on statistics at The University of Manchester and…
Anna BrittenNovember 21, 2024
Want to work as a NASA statistician?
For the September 2024 issue of Significance, we interviewed NASA exoplanet hunter Shawn Domagal-Goldman – official…
Anna BrittenAugust 29, 2024
2024 writing competition: And the winner is…
We are delighted to announce that Joseph Lam is the winner of the 2024 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Judges…
Anna BrittenJuly 10, 2024
2024 writing competition finalists announced
Finalists have now been selected for the 2024 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Throughout…
Anna BrittenJuly 1, 2024
5 minutes with: Immaculate Kathomi Murithi
Immaculate Kathomi Murithi is a statistician at the Kenya Revenue Authority and co-founder of the…
Anna BrittenJune 27, 2024
5 minutes with: Sandra Alba
Sandra Alba is a Netherlands-based epidemiologist and a member of the Significance editorial board …
Anna BrittenApril 23, 2024
Tell us a stats story! Enter the 2024 writing competition
The Significance Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing is a highlight of our calendar,…
Anna BrittenFebruary 1, 2024
Significance announces new editorial board chair
Broadcaster, writer and comedian Timandra Harkness has become the new chair of the Significance editorial…
Anna BrittenJanuary 12, 2024
5 minutes with: Theresa Smith
Theresa Smith obtained her PhD in statistics at the University of Washington in 2014 and…
Anna BrittenJanuary 10, 2024
Letter: Memories of C. R. Rao
I was at a conference in Sheffield sometime in the 1980s (from memory), which had…
Anna BrittenDecember 15, 2023
5 minutes with: Anna Lawlor
Anna Lawlor is a British financial journalist and broadcaster. Her first radio documentary – Typical!…
Anna BrittenOctober 16, 2023
And the winner of the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing is…
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Robyn Goldsmith is the winner of the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career…
Anna BrittenJuly 7, 2023
Shortlist announced for 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing
Judges have enjoyed reading another year of strong entries for the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award…
Anna BrittenJuly 4, 2023
2022 Early Career Writing Award: And the winner is…
Rule changes in baseball are the focus of the winning article in the 2022 Statistical…
Anna BrittenJuly 14, 2022
Finalists announced for 2022 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing
Today, Significance is delighted to announce the finalists of the 2022 Statistical Excellence Award for…
Anna BrittenJune 27, 2022
Women of Significance?
Significance bills itself as “a magazine about statistics and data science, written by experts for…
Anna BrittenJune 14, 2022
