Finalists announced for 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing
Today we are announcing the finalists of the 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing,…
Brian TarranJuly 8, 2021
Groundhog Day: the truth about these furry forecasters
The groundhog has evolved into a winning combination of cute and ungainly. This burrowing squirrel…
Does Donald Trump “defy all odds”?
When FiveThirtyEight editor Nate Silver predicted in June that Donald Trump had a 20 per…
Bernard Baffour and Joshua BonOctober 19, 2016
How do the changing seasons affect urban bike riders?
I love cycling. While I could write a whole manifesto about why bike riding is…
Ilan ManJanuary 8, 2015
Lance Armstrong, Oprah, seven in a row and the weather: when should we get suspicious?
Lance Armstrong has confessed to Oprah Winfrey that all seven of his Tour de France…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 18, 2013
Does it rain in Manchester?
The Scottish poet, WD Cocker (1882 - 1970) is best known for 'The Deluge', a…
Andrew McCullochAugust 2, 2012
