Governments in Africa have doubled ‘false news’ laws, to little effect. Another way is possible
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash In the five years after the world woke…
Peter Cunliffe-JonesJune 7, 2021
Using Zipf’s law to help understand Covid-19
Photo by Glen Carrie on UnsplashThe Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly moving challenge. As countries…
Undercounting mortality in the Covid-19 pandemic
Photo by Edwin Hooper on UnsplashThis comment concerns the most common reasons mortality has been…
B. Piedad UrdinolaJuly 10, 2020
Visualizing the Covid-19 pandemic with doubling rates
Artwork by Bosny (bosnyart.com)As the popularity of coronavirus data visualizations increases, so does the risk…
Luke Anderson-Trocmé and Sahir BhatnagarJuly 10, 2020
Now more than ever, African governments need reliable data
Community surveillance in times of Covid-19: A TB Reach health worker in Tanzania visits a…
Sandra Alba, Christina Mergenthaler and Roland KielmanApril 30, 2020
Pandemic influenza and Covid–19: Geographical velocity and control
Photo by Juan Cruz Mountford on UnsplashOn 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Matthew Smallman-Raynor and Andrew CliffApril 22, 2020
A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers
Photo by Isaac Quesada on UnsplashThe Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Ambassadors have collated an essential…
RSS Statistical AmbassadorsApril 9, 2020
Misunderstanding the global burden of alcohol
Harmful alcohol consumption is known to cause several diseases and many deaths. A study published…
Kari PoikolainenNovember 19, 2018
How sharp was the decline in live births in Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communist regimes?
December 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist…
Jekaterina Kremneva, Angie Wade and Mario Cortina BorjaDecember 16, 2016
The 2016 Prediction Games – Part II
Now that the sun has set on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, it’s time to…
Tim PauldenAugust 27, 2016
The 2016 Prediction Games – Part I
Prior to the start of the 2016 Olympic Games, over a dozen different groups around…
Tim PauldenAugust 17, 2016
How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Denmark reclaimed its place as the happiest country in the world, according to the latest…
Paul AnandMarch 23, 2016
(Un)representative democracy: where are all the female candidates?
Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright. Parliamentary Copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament.In a…
Mario Cortina BorjaApril 25, 2015
How many British immigrants are there in other countries?
The British public is obsessed with immigration. The notion of Johnny Foreigner coming over here,…
Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2014
Looking ahead to the Winter Olympics (by looking back)
Fans of broken ankles rejoice! The Winter Olympics - that quadrennial celebration of people flinging…
Michael WallaceFebruary 6, 2014
How involved are disabled people in the modern economy?
Since today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to highlight some…
Dane KorverDecember 3, 2013
Climate change: the next generation’s problem?
The narrative on the importance of tackling climate change has generally come from the scientists…
Oz FlanaganSeptember 26, 2013
Do guns or people kill people?
In mid-September, the US witnessed yet another mass shooting. This time a gunman made his…
Michael A. LewisSeptember 24, 2013
Big numbers, and big debts
Not long ago, on the PBS program “NewsHour”, I was listening to David Brooks, Op-Ed…
Alan PenmanOctober 24, 2011
