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Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...history is known, and they weren’t trying to fix games for most of it, decent estimates of the probabilities can be made. Mostly though, there is very little data for deliberately thrown games. It is disappointing that statisticians have no foolproof way of evaluating these two disparate sounding, but structurally similar types of evidence. As statisticians we must...
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How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?

...history - as the most disliked pairing in a Presidential race in living memory. So how do voters choose when they feel both options are unpalatable?...[Two candles wilting in extreme heat] What do you do when neither option stands up? How do voters select a candidate when no one they like is on the ballot? Behavioral scientists have studied decision-making – including...
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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...history. In this context, the announcement of a General Election, to be held on the 8th of June, is a moment a moment to stop and reflect. In the following three articles I will take a step back from the frantic activity of the campaign trail, to think about the psychology of our politicians and their political communications. We start from the position that the UK...
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What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?
Society, Politics & Law

What's happening in Zimbabwe - and what might happen next?

...history – they seem content to embrace the lesser of two evils. As the tanks rolled in, everybody breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Any new government will not start on a firm foundation. Perhaps Grace Mugabe will try to somehow organise a comeback. It’s not clear if Zimbabwe still has enough of an economic base to start rebuilding itself in earnest, and the military...
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Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?

...and this will be their undoing. My hope remains that the historic mistake to leave the EU can be reversed through a ratification referendum on the final deal – or indeed no deal. Greens will campaign to remain in the EU in such a referendum; a vote that will allow people themselves to democratically end this damaging and dangerous chapter in our county’s history....
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What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does the anatomy of World records reveal?

...history of World records. The Ben Johnson (Canada) doping affair shook the 1988 Olympic Games whilst in the 1990s Eastern bloc state doping was revealed. Russian doping still remains an issue. An expanding talent pool? Something else has had an impact in addition to changing rules, technology and performance enhancement: more people taking part in sport around the World....
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Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...time. It is important to be clear about what did and did not happen that day in Glasgow 100 years ago, while reminding ourselves that the battle for better working conditions is not merely history but something that very much continues today.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...history and the cultural work of the writer’s house museum for my latest book. The first writer’s house that admirers visited after he died in 1374 was Petrarch’s in Arqua, Italy. But what did these admirers hope to find? One of the earliest comments on the oddness of this impulse to visit dead authors at home is the elaborate practical joke known as ‘Petrarch’s...
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