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Cracked blue bowl with equations, stars, planets and galaxies decorating its exterior. It is cracked but golden glue sticks it back together.

Physics

We're solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works. But new mathematical tools are finally prising the problem open

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Mathematics

The secret to guessing more accurately with maths

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Mathematics

You can make fair dice from any shape you like

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Mathematics

The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not

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USA. Nevada. Las Vegas. From 'Common Sense'. 1998.

Mathematics

Top statistician David Spiegelhalter on how to deal with uncertainty

Culture

Mind

Astrology shown to be no better than random guessing

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Mathematics

Mathematician wins 2024 Abel prize for making sense of randomness

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 31: Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox hits a single during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on July 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

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Game of Edges review: Inside story of how data is transforming sport

Culture

GENK, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 28: Angelo Preciado of KRC Genk battles for the ball with Noa Lang of Club Brugge during the Jupiler Pro League match between KRC Genk and Club Brugge at Cegeka Arena on November 28, 2021 in Genk, Belgium (Photo by Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Humans

Football matches in top European leagues are becoming more predictable

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Vote-by-mail ballots

Society

Letting people in the US vote by mail has little impact on who wins

A statistical analysis of counties that mail out ballots to US voters has found there is little difference in election outcomes compared with counties who vote in person - a find that could be important for the 2020 election

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Technology

David Spiegelhalter: How to be a coronavirus statistics sleuth

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Humans

Risky Talk review: How to protect yourself from dodgy statistics

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Video

Factfulness: Why things are better than you think

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Physics

What is MRP and can it predict the result of the UK general election?

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