Jordi Prats, Author at Significance magazine

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World Mental Health Day 2023: Those struggling are not outliers

World Mental Health Day 2023: Mental health conditions are complex and identifying them is not…

Jordi PratsOctober 10, 2023

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R book review: Two approaches to learning data science

In 2012, the Harvard Business Review declared data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st…

Jordi PratsAugust 21, 2018

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How Gladstone linked classical studies and statistics

Having a passion for statistics may not be well understood by friends. Significance readers would…

Jordi PratsFebruary 25, 2015

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Not every change is climate change

It's good living in Provence, the region in south-east France famous for its lifestyle, good…

Jordi PratsFebruary 21, 2014

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Fireballs falling to Earth: Part 3

The subject of today's article is impact risk and concludes the three-part series looking at…

Jordi PratsMarch 28, 2013

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Fireballs falling to Earth: Part 2

In the first part of this article we saw that meteorites fall to Earth at…

Jordi PratsMarch 26, 2013

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Fireballs falling to Earth: Part 1

Thanks to Russian drivers and amateur cameramen, a few weeks ago we had the privilege…

Jordi PratsMarch 25, 2013

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The lab of the thinking dead

This is a Halloween statistical tale. Believe me, it will scare you. It's about a…

Jordi PratsOctober 31, 2012

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The colour of e-money

As the saying goes, "money talks". But money, and especially electronic money, does more than…

Jordi PratsApril 12, 2012

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A bet on life: Irregular immigration

Year after year thousands of irregular immigrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa risk their lives…

Jordi PratsJanuary 31, 2012

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Turkey, chickens, poetry… and statistics!

Every weekday on my way to university I walk past the US Consulate General in…

Jordi PratsNovember 25, 2011

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Speedy neutrinos, unrushed science and detective stories

By now, you surely have heard all about neutrinos travelling faster than light during the…

Jordi PratsSeptember 30, 2011

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Climates of war: when tempers grow hot

At present, great preoccupation exists about climate change effects in many areas. A standard methodology…

Jordi PratsSeptember 12, 2011

Harry Potter and Pareto’s fat tail

Publishing a book is almost always a gamble, since it is very difficult to predict…

Jordi PratsAugust 10, 2011

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Is reducing CO2 emissions a demographic problem?

Energy related world CO2 emissions reached a threateningly high historical maximum of 30,600 millions of…

Jordi PratsJuly 21, 2011

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Colombia, dripping with water

The topical image that comes into mind when thinking about tropical countries is that of…

Jordi PratsJune 7, 2011

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Nuclear risk

News from Japan is getting worse and worse. After an earthquake with a magnitude of…

Jordi PratsMarch 16, 2011

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A spoonful of sugar helps

Every day beverages containing caffeine and glucose keep us company from morning to night: a…

Jordi PratsFebruary 14, 2011