LATEST ISSUE

News

Adult milestones, deepfakes warning, America’s new MENA category, dermatology data sets and more

Puzzle

Mycroft’s fiendish problem
Plus the solution to “The Green Cane of Kabul”

Editorial

The greatest stats show on earth

Official statistics and the public

By engaging, respecting and responding to the public, we can win over our critics

Bad stats

Our new regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups

Book review

Reducing Intergenerational Poverty reviewed by Olivia Varley-Winter

Letters

Significance readers share their thoughts

Crossword

What happened?, by Sam Buttrey
Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword

Questions answered

John Bailer: statistician, podcaster and author

Data visualisation guide: part 1

An introduction and overview

Athletes’ peaks and primes   

How performance data can reveal when a track and field star is most likely to grab gold

What makes a winning gymnastics team?

Statistical advice for Team USA on picking the perfect team for Paris

Swimming for victory

Top-level science and coaching combine to reduce random error for Dutch swimmers

Women and endurance sports        

We explore the issues helping, and hindering, women in sports such as marathon-running

Basketball

Unveiling NBA eras with clustering

The R number and the media

The third in our six-part series by Gavin Freeguard on the evolution and usefulness of the pandemic’s famous epidemiological tool

Baby names

How pop music, movie stars and presidents influence American parents