Paradoxes of Probability & Statistical Strangeness
Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to…
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Scientists Come Together to Reveal Cancer’s Strategies
In a new study, a group of scientists detail how they fused the power of statistical physics and artificial intelligence into a mathematical toolkit that…
Quantum Theorists State That Wavefunctions Are Real, States Not Just Statistical Tools
The mathematics behind the claims of a group of quantum theorists state that the wavefunction, a probability amplitude used to in quantum mechanics to describe…
Patterns of Flocks of Starlings Mathematically Behave How Magnets Would Move
Starlings, a small to medium-sized passerine bird in the family Sturnidae, achieve extraordinary coordination in flight and they behave mathematically as metals being magnetized. A…
Researchers Use Statistical Method to Challenge Criminological Theories
Criminologists from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg set out to see if there is such a thing as…
Explaining Sigma’s Role in Statistical Significance
Have you ever wondered whether your findings would be considered reliable enough to be taken seriously? A MIT news journalist, with input from MIT professors,…
Probabilities of Collecting All Pennies from 1959 to 1997 are Easily Feasible
Many coin collectors start their numismatic collections with pennies, and trying to get pennies from every year within a given range. This process, while seemingly…
Earth Loses 50,000 Metric Tons of Mass Every Year
According to some calculations, the Earth is losing 50,000 metric tons of mass every single year, even though an extra 40,000 metric tons of space…