One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, ...

Quantum computer research is advancing at a rapid pace. Today's devices, however, still have significant limitations: For example, the length of a quantum computation is severely limited—that is, the ...

The FDA has opened the door to the use of Bayesian statistical methods in clinical trials. The worry: Introducing ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Survival analysis anticipates the expected lifespans of individuals as well as the timing of other events. Learn about its pros and cons.

Introduction Cigarette companies have stated their intent to transition from selling cigarettes to selling less harmful products, such as e-cigarettes. We examine trends in US cigarette marketing ...

Alcohol policies, particularly those combining pricing and labelling, could substantially reduce the cancer burden and health inequalities.

Objectives To examine outcomes from respiratory pathogens containment strategies focused on international travellers. Design We developed a compartmental model generalisable to respiratory infectious ...