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How has the sharing economy changed job security?

There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…

Ian BrinkleySeptember 3, 2015

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How has the sharing economy changed job security?

There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…

Ian BrinkleySeptember 1, 2015

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Too many flats, not enough houses? The geography of London’s new housing

The UK is currently experiencing climbing property prices and a growing housing demand coupled with…

Alasdair RaeJuly 9, 2015

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Is innovation faltering – or is GDP?

In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman raises the spectre of a…

Andrew WhitbyJune 23, 2015

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Making mistakes, minimising error – June 2015 issue preview

There are many opportunities for us to make wrong decisions in life – whether it…

Brian TarranJune 16, 2015

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Five things we learned at the RSS #immigrationfacts debate

One of the more interesting dynamics in British politics in recent years has been the…

Brian TarranApril 28, 2015

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(Un)representative democracy: where are all the female candidates?

Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright. Parliamentary Copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament.In a…

Mario Cortina BorjaApril 25, 2015

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Does Christmas really come earlier every year?

It has become something of a cliché to remark upon the ever earlier arrival of…

Nathan CunninghamNovember 11, 2014

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Why taxmen everywhere are watching Colorado’s marijuana industry

Imagine for a moment that you are an incumbent politician, living in the modern world…

Oz FlanaganMarch 20, 2014

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Frog kissing. Or, why do we never learn?

A friend pointed me to this story about the average number of men (or rather…

Robin EvansFebruary 14, 2014

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What does $4 million buy you at the Superbowl ad break?

The online technology revolution has set proverbial amongst the pigeons that make up the old…

Oz FlanaganJanuary 30, 2014

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From science to advice: reinventing the scientific generalist (part two)

Solly Zuckerman (pictured) was meticulous in measuring things to assemble evidence when there was none,…

Thomas KingOctober 17, 2013

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From science to advice: Solly Zuckerman, bringing evidence into military strategy (part one)

The publications marking the transition to a new government chief scientific advisor in Britain give…

Thomas KingOctober 7, 2013

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Google wants to extend your life

Can statistics save your life? Well, Google certainly thinks it can. Moreover, the company has…

Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesSeptember 30, 2013

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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

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Kenya, Elections and violence: beating Swords into shillings?

Kenya has been having elections. The results were announced on Saturday. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's richest…

Julian ChampkinMarch 11, 2013

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Can you name a female statistician?

We read about statistics every day, be it the predicted winner of a football league,…

Linda WijlaarsMarch 5, 2013

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This cold weather: a good reason to have a flu jab

Recently we noted here that there is a strong seasonal pattern in mortality in England…

Andrew McCullochFebruary 27, 2013

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Fuel prices, the UK energy gap and the consequences of ignoring information

The chance of large power cuts – those that hit more than a million homes…

Julian ChampkinFebruary 21, 2013

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Income inequality in Ireland from 1922 to 2009

I read and watched with interest the Beveridge Lecture given by Professor Danny Dorling at…

Michael MernaghFebruary 20, 2013