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Top Stories | November 7
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New model may lead to better treatments for chronic, blood-deprived sores
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A new study evaluates the success of statistical analyses in determining the player with the golden glove.
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Analysts get a closer look at television viewing habits with second-by-second data.
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Researchers have devised a way to use a laser to create strings of orderless bits for encryption.
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Researchers have devised a way to use a laser to create strings of orderless bits for encryption.One mathematician’s closer look at voter ballot data reveals that results run afoul of Benford’s Law and show other suspicious anomalies. Using the natural inclination of young chickens to cluster in large groups, researchers show that the birds are hatched with a numerical sense. Mathematicians find new answers to the still puzzling theorem that four colors suffice to color any map. New, fair method for dividing states into congressional districts could reduce political squabbles. |
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