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Cars in the next lane really do go faster
Yes, you were right to wish you were in the other lane during this morning's commute! Nick Bostrom tells why we're usually caught in the slow lane.
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Understanding uncertainty: The maths of surprises
You meet an old friend on holiday, you find your colleague shares your birthday, you win the lottery. Exactly how rare are these rare events? David Spiegelhalter investigates in his regular column on uncertainty and risk.
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BloodCounts!
Find out how the BloodCounts! project is using AI to make the best of the millions of full blood counts performed every year.
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Differential privacy: Keeping your data safe
The age of Big Data poses a risk to our privacy as even anonymised data can sometimes be linked to individuals. Differential privacy provides a way of protecting sensitive information even when some of it is made public.
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Maths for the broken-hearted
A mathematical understanding of what makes our hearts beat could save lives.
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Understanding uncertainty: how psychic was Paul?
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…
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Protecting your data in the face of AI
Artificial intelligence algorithms are often trained on people's personal data. How can we make sure that this data remains private?
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Keeping hospitals safe from infectious diseases
Infectious diseases in hospitals cost lives and money. How can we best understand them?
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Maths in a minute: One time events
What does it mean to say there's a 30% chance of rain today?