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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

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Remembering Hans Rosling

Professor Hans Rosling, a statistician and public educator who was committed to sharing the joy…

Brian TarranFebruary 8, 2017

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What’s behind the awesome rise of Twitter?

After Twitter was successfully floated on the New York Stock Exchange this November, its share…

Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2013

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Refereeing the abusers of statistics

Statistics being used to conveniently back-up a certain point of view or simply quoting false…

Oz FlanaganAugust 14, 2013