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The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis

Nation Oct 05

The number of civilians killed by the police has been greatly undercounted in official stats for decades

By Moshen Naghavi, Eve Wool, Fablina Sharara, The Conversation

Science May 20

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What computer-based models can tell us about coronavirus — and what they can’t

For months, scientists and public officials have relied upon computer-based models to try to predict the trajectory or the coronavirus outbreak. But models are not crystal balls, and all of them involve human assumptions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on…

By Miles O'Brien

Science Jul 17

Undocumented immigrant families are released from detention at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas, U.S., July 4, 2018. Photo by REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Analysis: Why the 2020 census doesn’t need a citizenship question to count the undocumented

Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you might think.

By Jennifer Van Hook, The Conversation

Science Mar 20

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. Photo by Larry Koester/via Flickr
Which came first: society or a fear of god?

Religion is a fundamental feature of humanity, but did our ancestors need it to form complex societies?…

By Nsikan Akpan

Science Aug 21

Lone activist Ieshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA, 9 July 2016. Photo by REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
Police militarization fails to protect officers and targets black communities, study finds

Police militarization neither reduces rates of violent crime nor changes the number of officers assaulted or killed, a new study finds. It is arguably the nation’s first systematic analysis on the use and consequences of militarized police forces.

By Nsikan Akpan

Jun 22

To beat Vegas bookies at the World Cup, these statisticians turned to artificial intelligence

By Amanda Grennell

After cleaning up at the 2014 World Cup, statistician Andreas Groll is enlisting machine learning to keep his lucky streak going…

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Jun 30

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My daughter escaped being a scary health statistic. Here’s what I learned.

By PBS NewsHour

When Elizabeth Silver's daughter was 6 weeks old, she suffered a serious stroke and spent weeks in the NICU. Confronted with damning statistics, Silver began to see the numbers as one version of a story, with room for interpretation. The…

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May 02

Life in Freddie Gray’s childhood neighborhood by the numbers

By Elisabeth Ponsot, Daniel Costa-Roberts

On NewsHour Weekend Saturday, we bring you “Sandtown by the Numbers,” a special series of reports on life in Sandtown-Winchester, the impoverished Baltimore neighborhood where Freddie Gray grew up and was arrested on April 12.

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Jan 24

A separated economist gets discriminated against — online

By Paul Oyer

Paul Oyer is an Ivy League-educated economist, but everything he ever needed to learn about economics he learned from online dating. In this adaptation from his new book, he explains how, as a separated man re-entering the dating scene, he…

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May 14

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Unemployment: Addressing a Worsening ‘Human Disaster’ in U.S.

Unemployment: Addressing a Worsening 'Human Disaster' in U.S.

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