In a world with 7.1 billion inhabitants, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that…
Salil MehtaSeptember 26, 2014
Statistics plays a role in all walks of life - including literature. So, for our…
Brian TarranSeptember 22, 2014
As the campaign over Scottish independence draws to an acrimonious close, relative calm has returned…
RobertSeptember 17, 2014
This Friday, September 19, has been christened Huntrodds’ Day - by coincidence and chance enthusiasts…
Oz FlanaganSeptember 15, 2014
Would the Conservative party benefit from Scottish independence? Would Labour never form a majority government…
Jack Blumenau & Ben LauderdaleSeptember 11, 2014
Last Tuesday YouGov, hitherto a company that had painted a pessimistic picture of the Yes…
John CurticeSeptember 8, 2014
Statisticians and journalists would seem to make for uneasy bedfellows. Kevin McConway, professor of applied…
Brian TarranSeptember 2, 2014
Home owners will be familiar with the wide array of security devices available to secure…
Brian TarranSeptember 2, 2014
I had the pleasure of travelling to Boston, Massachusetts, earlier this month to attend the…
Brian TarranAugust 27, 2014
Bayern Munich have three of the top five World Cup players in their ranks (Castrol…
Dominic CortisAugust 22, 2014
I live (and work!) near one of the most beautiful vantage points for sunsets in…
Hilary ParkerAugust 19, 2014
Over the next nine months, countless people will marvel at Manchester City or berate Jose…
Simon ChadwickAugust 15, 2014
The decline in Britain’s ‘two-party’ political system is well-documented. In the 1951 general election, the…
Tony TraversAugust 12, 2014
The bond between a child and their smartphone is like an umbilical cord. Now, a…
Leslie HaddonAugust 8, 2014
We collect and analyse data so routinely in 2014 that we now take it for…
Nicola Osborne & Helen AitonAugust 5, 2014
Sadly another passenger plane crashed last week - the third in the space of eight…
David SpiegelhalterJuly 30, 2014
A recent fascinating post by Analysis at Large got me interested in historical baby naming…
Francis SmartJuly 23, 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction has posted this year's biggest opening weekend at the UK box…
Oz FlanaganJuly 18, 2014
