December 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist…
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It was more than a decade ago, while working as a reporter on a market…
Brian TarranOctober 10, 2016
Team GB had a phenomenal Olympics in Rio and, in topping its London 2012 medal…
Ray StefaniSeptember 21, 2016
Our US readers will be aware that April is Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) – and…
Brian TarranApril 11, 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
A 2.7GHz processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 500GB solid state drive that is almost…
Steven FurnellJanuary 12, 2016
The late Chris Brasher, founder of the London Marathon, described the event as the ‘Suburban…
Anthony HatswellOctober 6, 2015
In September this year, the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will come to an end…
Julia HallAugust 25, 2015
In a 2010 New York Times column, mathematician John Allen Paulos wrote about stories and…
Brian TarranAugust 12, 2015
When the government says times are tough and cuts have to be made, we expect…
Naomi JonesJuly 20, 2015
The UK is currently experiencing climbing property prices and a growing housing demand coupled with…
Alasdair RaeJuly 9, 2015
Drivers have been rejoicing since the start of the year at the plummeting price of…
Oz FlanaganJanuary 22, 2015
I love cycling. While I could write a whole manifesto about why bike riding is…
Ilan ManJanuary 8, 2015
The British public is obsessed with immigration. The notion of Johnny Foreigner coming over here,…
Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2014
When statisticians make an appearance in the press or popular culture they are often portrayed…
Stephanie KovalchikMarch 18, 2014
A friend pointed me to this story about the average number of men (or rather…
Robin EvansFebruary 14, 2014
Since today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to highlight some…
Dane KorverDecember 3, 2013
Can statistics save your life? Well, Google certainly thinks it can. Moreover, the company has…
Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesSeptember 30, 2013
