Topics of interest for forthcoming issues
The Significance Editorial Board meets three times a year to discuss topics of interest for…
Brian TarranApril 23, 2019
R book review: Two approaches to learning data science
In 2012, the Harvard Business Review declared data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st…
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Super UserMarch 13, 2017
Making maps
In an extract from her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter?, Timandra Harkness meets data-based…
Timandra HarknessAugust 16, 2016
Lost in the crowd? A statistician explains how to find your friends at a music festival
While mobile phones have all but eradicated the fine art of getting lost, there are…
Nathan CunninghamJune 23, 2016
Introducing the new-look Significance
You’ve probably noticed that things look a little different here. To coincide with the start…
Brian TarranFebruary 16, 2016
Has the hot hand effect finally been proven?
A popular belief among sportswriters and broadcasters says that a team that's been successful, should…
Phil BirnbaumAugust 3, 2015
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
May(un)fair? Your chances of winning at McDonald’s Monopoly
McDonald's are once again running their Monopoly promotion, where along with your food you can…
Michael WallaceApril 19, 2011
