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Skiing and snowboarding are the kind of sporting activities that can seem like one of…
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Can statistics save your life? Well, Google certainly thinks it can. Moreover, the company has…
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I listened to David Cannadine on Radio 4 a few weeks ago telling the story…
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2013: Year of Statistics, hospitals, cows, and living to 100
Happy New Year. Especially (for a statistical site) because 2013 is, officially, the International Year…
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Hypoxi Vacuum Therapy – Sucking at science?
With the summer finally here, now is the time you wish you'd kept up those…
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