Blog

Decision-Making Analysis for a New Variant of the Classical Secretary ...

The classic “secretary problem” involves interviewing job candidates in a random order. ...
Read More

People Underestimate The Probability of Including at Least One Minority ...

Human society includes various minority groups. However, it is often difficult to know whether someo ...
Read More

Data scientists aim to improve humanitarian support for displaced populations

In times of crisis, effective humanitarian aid depends largely on the fast and efficient allocation ...
Read More

How science, math, and tech can propel swimmers to new ...

One hundred years ago, in the 1924 Paris Olympics, American Johnny Weissmuller won the men’s 1 ...
Read More

A surprising result for a group’s optimal path to cooperation

What is the best way for a group of individuals to cooperate? This is a longstanding question with r ...
Read More

The Monty Hall Problem Shows How Tricky Judging The Odds ...

Calculating probabilities can be complicated, as this classic “what’s behind the doors ...
Read More

New Mathematical Proof Helps to Solve Equations with Random Components

Whether it’s physical phenomena, share prices or climate models—many dynamic processes in our ...
Read More

How the 18th-century ‘probability revolution’ fueled the casino gambling craze

The first commercial gambling operations emerged, coincidentally or not, at the same time as the stu ...
Read More

Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most ...

Australian teenagers have more disruptive maths classrooms and experience bullying at greater levels ...
Read More

The case for ‘math-ish’ thinking

For everyone whose relationship with mathematics is distant or broken, Jo Boaler, a professor at Sta ...
Read More

Incredible Maths Proof Is So Complex That Almost No One ...

Mathematicians are celebrating a 1000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture, a problem so ...
Read More

A mathematical understanding of project schedules

Complex projects are made up of many activities, the duration of which vary according to a power law ...
Read More

Mechanistic model shows how much gossip is needed to foster ...

Gossip often has a negative connotation, but imagine you are part of a group deciding on a job candi ...
Read More

New study is first to use statistical physics to corroborate ...

Most people have heard the famous phrase “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Now, Nort ...
Read More

Malawi’s school kids are using tablets to improve their reading ...

Malawi introduced free primary education in 1994. This has significantly improved access to schoolin ...
Read More

500-Year-Old Maths Problem Turns Out To Apply To Coffee And ...

A centuries-old maths problem asks what shape a circle traces out as it rolls along a line. The answ ...
Read More
1 4 5 6 7 8 32