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COVID-19

Chasing the Elusive Numbers That Define Epidemics

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 22, 2021
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Most modeling efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic have sought to address urgent practical concerns. But some groups aim to bolster the theoretical underpinnings of that work instead.

geometry

Statistics Postdoc Tames Decades-Old Geometry Problem

By Erica Klarreich
March 1, 2021
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To the surprise of experts in the field, a postdoctoral statistician has solved one of the most important problems in high-dimensional convex geometry.

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fluid dynamics

The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves

By Charlie Wood
February 5, 2020
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Rogue waves — enigmatic giants of the sea — were thought to be caused by two different mechanisms. But a new idea that borrows from the hinterlands of probability theory has the potential to predict them all.

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genomics

New Turmoil Over Predicting the Effects of Genes

By Jordana Cepelewicz
April 23, 2019
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Promising efforts at disentangling the effects of genes and the environment on complicated traits may have been confounded by statistical problems.

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Quantized Academy

How Network Math Can Help You Make Friends

By Patrick Honner
August 20, 2018
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Studying the structure of existing friendships in your community can help you forge the best connections when forming a new circle of friends.

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Q&A

A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the Universe

By Natalie Wolchover
April 11, 2018
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The statistician Donald Richards lives to uncover subtle patterns hiding in real-world data.

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Q&A

A Statistical Search for Genomic Truths

By Jordana Cepelewicz
February 27, 2018
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The computer scientist Barbara Engelhardt develops machine-learning models and methods to scour human genomes for the elusive causes and mechanisms of disease.

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network science

Scant Evidence of Power Laws Found in Real-World Networks

By Erica Klarreich
February 15, 2018
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A new study challenges one of the most celebrated and controversial ideas in network science.

Rebecca Goldin
Q&A

Why Math Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World

By Ariel Bleicher
September 11, 2017
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To tell truth from fiction, start with quantitative thinking, argues the mathematician Rebecca Goldin.


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