https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/694224471712878592 That tweet was my prediction early yesterday, which I made partly relying on polls but more on the size of the crowds those two men garnered. About those polls,…

Fantasies Heard about the legal troubles of FanDuel and DraftKings? These are fantasy sports companies that allow people to pick lineups (according to certain rules) for professional sporting matches and…

This originally ran 4 December 2015, but since we need it for tomorrow's crucial article on whether fantasy sports are "games of chance", it is best to refresh our memories.…

Michael E. Mann and four others published the peer-reviewed paper "The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth" in Nature: Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/srep19831). I shall call this authors of this paper…

When I was a kid they had these things called drinking fountains in public places. Schools had 'em, too. They stood about yea-high. You'd push a button and water would…

First, note the New & Improved title! Uncertainty, which was suggested by the book's Foreword author Steven Goldberg, about whom more in a moment. The publisher has the full, complete…