Facebook data harvesting: what you need to know
Facebook makes most of its money from advertising, and – as the Cambridge Analytica scandal…
Gráinne Maedhbh Nic LochlainnApril 5, 2018
Should we worry that half of Americans trust their gut to tell them what’s true?
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the…
In our April issue: the tragedy of Flint, and the hunt for exoplanets
More than a year ago now, Twitter carried the story of Flint, Michigan across 3700…
Brian TarranApril 5, 2017
Making maps
In an extract from her book, Big Data: Does Size Matter?, Timandra Harkness meets data-based…
Timandra HarknessAugust 16, 2016
Welcome to DotCity: a game about demography, built using R
Statisticians swear by R. The programming language is described by Tal Galili of the R-Statistics…
Brian TarranJuly 2, 2015
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
