How do you adjust your approach when new information is coming in all the time? The answer lies with Bayes Theorem.
How do you make people care about mathematics? We speak to Hannah Fry, winner of the Leelavati Prize at the 2026 ICM.
If you've flipped heads 10 times what's the next flip most likely to be? Bayes' theorem has the answer, not just for the coin, but for the pursuit of science generally.
Trying to make a prediction about the world based on dodgy data? Then data assimilation has the answer!
As part of our series of interviews with early career researchers, Kweku tells us why he enjoys statistics, life as an early career researcher, and about a favourite mathematical moment.
This collection of articles looks at mathematics relevant to law and justice.
It would be foolish to ignore evidence. Luckily Bayes' theorem shows us how to take it in into account.
England's performance in the World Cup last summer was thankfully overshadowed by the attention given to Paul the octopus, who was reported as making an unbroken series of correct predictions of match winners. David Spiegelhalter looks at Paul's performance in an attempt to answer the question that (briefly) gripped the world: was Paul psychic?
