Shortlist announced for Young Statisticians Writing Competition
It's been another year of strong submissions for the Young Statisticians Writing Competition - our…
Brian TarranJuly 14, 2015
Welcome to DotCity: a game about demography, built using R
Statisticians swear by R. The programming language is described by Tal Galili of the R-Statistics…
Will this century see a devastating meteor strike?
On 30 June 1908, a meteor with a diameter of up to 180 metres exploded…
Brian TarranJune 30, 2015
Making mistakes, minimising error – June 2015 issue preview
There are many opportunities for us to make wrong decisions in life – whether it…
Brian TarranJune 16, 2015
Five things we learned at the RSS #immigrationfacts debate
One of the more interesting dynamics in British politics in recent years has been the…
Brian TarranApril 28, 2015
R-nought: epidemiology’s vital statistic
Credit: Jessica Seldon/DFID At the start of a disease outbreak, there is one statistic epidemiologists…
Brian TarranApril 20, 2015
Popularity contests and predictions – April 2015 issue preview
We are heading for a general election here in the UK, which means the news…
Brian TarranApril 15, 2015
A long-range forecast for the UK general election
What do you get if you ask a Labour Party pollster and a Conservative Party…
Brian TarranMarch 18, 2015
Are long exams impeding the progress of Western civilisation? February issue preview
For many of us, exams are unavoidable. Whether for school or work, we're expected to…
Brian TarranFebruary 4, 2015
Opening the archives: a significant development
Significance was launched in March 2004 with a clear remit: to demonstrate the importance of…
Brian TarranJanuary 28, 2015
Knowledge in focus: a Q&A with David McCandless
You might not know David McCandless by name, but you'd recognise his work on sight:…
Brian TarranJanuary 12, 2015
Our top ten ‘most read’ of 2014
The Significance team is about the head home for the Christmas holidays - but we…
Brian TarranDecember 22, 2014
Meteorites, dark matter and statistics – December issue preview
What are the chances of a deadly meteor strike? It's a question that has concerned…
Brian TarranDecember 3, 2014
How Turing – and Bayes – cracked Enigma
Tomorrow sees the release of The Imitation Game, a film chronicling the work of mathematician…
Brian TarranNovember 13, 2014
The weight of expectations: a Q&A with Jasper Fforde
Do certain things happen because we expect them to happen? Jasper Fforde suggests so. The…
Brian TarranOctober 30, 2014
Nowhere to hide? – October issue preview
Shared and open data promise to create big opportunities for business, science and society -…
Brian TarranOctober 6, 2014
Tim Harford, and the perils of big data
Welcome to the big data future. Correlation is in, causation is out. Old statistical sampling…
Brian TarranOctober 3, 2014
The best statistics book you’ve read this year?
Statistics plays a role in all walks of life - including literature. So, for our…
Brian TarranSeptember 22, 2014
The birthday problem: lessons in probability from the magazine archive
Not long after joining Significance, having taken up residence in the Royal Statistical Society's (RSS)…
Brian TarranSeptember 18, 2014
The winner of the Young Statisticians Writing Competition 2014 is announced
The winner of the Young Statisticians Writing Competition, jointly organised by Significance and the Young…
Brian TarranSeptember 3, 2014
