"Big reputation, big reputation, ooh you and me we’ve got big reputations." Taylor Swift released her…
Jennifer SnapeOctober 16, 2018
Andreas Georgiou, Greece’s former national statistician, once again faces trial on charges of inflating the…
Brian TarranMay 16, 2018
I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…
Brian TarranApril 6, 2018
Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…
Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018
"Serial killer" is a term customarily used to refer to a person who has murdered…
Charlotte Moragh Jones-ToddDecember 19, 2017
In the coming century, we expect to witness dramatic changes to environments around the world:…
Ronan McAdamOctober 10, 2017
Judging took place last month for our writing competition for early-career statisticians. It was the…
Brian TarranJuly 4, 2017
More than a year ago now, Twitter carried the story of Flint, Michigan across 3700…
Brian TarranApril 5, 2017
The groundhog has evolved into a winning combination of cute and ungainly. This burrowing squirrel…
Mike JeffriesFebruary 3, 2017
A couple of years ago, I wrote an article in which I examined the evidence…
Nathan CunninghamNovember 28, 2016
Official White House Photo by Chuck KennedyOn what was a presumably cold January day in…
Adam B. KashlakOctober 25, 2016
England fans might have been disappointed to see their football team crash out of the…
Brian TarranJune 30, 2016
While mobile phones have all but eradicated the fine art of getting lost, there are…
Nathan CunninghamJune 23, 2016
Last year, the vaccination debate was all the rage again. “Pro-vaxxers” were loudly proclaiming that…
Randy OlsonMarch 9, 2016
When elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church on 13 March 2013, the Argentinian priest…
Julian Stander, Luciana Dalla Valle and Mario Cortina BorjaFebruary 18, 2016
You’ve probably noticed that things look a little different here. To coincide with the start…
Brian TarranFebruary 16, 2016
If you haven’t played Guess The Correlation yet, you definitely should – but please read…
Brian TarranFebruary 9, 2016
People often feel less safe when walking in the dark, for understandable reasons. It’s harder…
Brian TarranNovember 17, 2015
