Math

Humans

Crime numbers may mislead

Criminologists argue that city safety rankings should consider underreporting and other sources of error in compiling statistics.

Math

In figuring out what makes video games fun, the mystery is in the math

Humans

Scientists probe terrorist talk on ‘Dark Web’

Mathematical tools can pry secretive terrorist communications in hidden sector of the Internet.

Humans

Numbers warn of looming collapses

Mathematical tools help researchers predict when systems are about to change dramatically.

Humans

Election night numbers can signal fraud

Wealth of high-turnout blowouts in Russia’s 2011 parliamentary contest strongly suggests ballot stuffing, an analysis concludes.

Math

Medicine needs a sensible way to measure weight of the evidence

Humans

Smells like a bear raid

Analysis of stock trading data suggests an effort to manipulate the market in 2007.

Humans

Cooking can be surprisingly forgiving

Network analysis confirms deviations from the recipe are quite feasible.

Math

Tom Siegfried, Randomness

For what you want to know, Bayes offers superior stats.

Math

Julie Rehmeyer, Math trek

Turning numbers into shapes offers potential medical benefits.

Humans

Facebook value overstated, study finds

Some estimates of the social networking site's worth appear to make impossible assumptions.

Tech

Mining electronic records yields connections between diseases

Mining patient records, combined with molecular research, may reveal new links among medical conditions.