The Office for National Statistics has launched a public consultation to explore new ways to…
Emma RourkeOctober 5, 2023
United Nations COVID-19 ResponseEffective, real-time surveillance is key to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Peter J. Diggle and Sylvia RichardsonSeptember 30, 2020
Photo by Vincent Ghilione on UnsplashIn the US, President Trump has said that testing for…
James J. CochranApril 9, 2020
Photo by Zhang Kenny on UnsplashIn order to answer the most pressing questions we have…
Tarak ShahApril 9, 2020
How many people are infected now with the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2? How many will be…
Patrick BallApril 9, 2020
“The key to understanding the meaning of race is understanding power,” writes Angela D. Saini.…
Olivia Varley WinterJune 7, 2019
Spatial data make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the world. They allow us to…
Stella Cangelosi, Luciana Dalla Valle and Julian StanderAugust 25, 2017
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
For our latest 'Ask a statistician' column, the Year 6 children of Milwards Primary School…
Brian TarranMay 4, 2016
In the second instalment of our new 'Ask A Statistician' column, Peter McIntyre, a pharmaceutical…
Brian TarranJanuary 5, 2016
Statistics play an important role in improving human lives, not least through helping to identify…
Maitha Al Junaibi and Karl Royce AshworthDecember 1, 2015
When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States, he included a…
Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesJuly 30, 2015
The British public is obsessed with immigration. The notion of Johnny Foreigner coming over here,…
Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2014
New York City’s rat problem is infamous. The media describes a metropolis under never-ending siege…
Jonathan AuerbachOctober 10, 2014
Since today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to highlight some…
Dane KorverDecember 3, 2013
Older people are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than younger people. According to…
Terry MillsJuly 19, 2013
The street protests going on in Egypt this month have been claimed as the biggest…
Julian ChampkinJuly 17, 2013
The idea of red-shirted characters being frequently killed in Star Trek: The Original Series has…
Matthew BarsalouFebruary 19, 2013
