statistics
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How Do We Know Statistics Can Be Trusted?
In April, as the coronavirus pandemic was gathering force around the world, reporters asked Brendan Murphy, then Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, about international case numbers. In his answer, he made an interesting comment: The only numbers I have total faith in are the Australian numbers. “Faith” might seem an odd word to use about about…
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Two-Thirds Of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim
In a study that’s bound to attract considerable controversy, a pair of researchers are claiming that between 60 and 66 per cent of all cancer-causing mutations are the result of random DNA copying errors, making them essentially unavoidable. The new research is offering important insights into how cancer emerges, and how it should be diagnosed…
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Why Are Suicide Rates In The US Skyrocketing?
A new government reports shows that suicide rates in the US have soared since 1999, with the most dramatic increases occurring among young white females and Native Americans. So why are Americans suddenly killing themselves in droves? It’s a major public health issue with no easy explanations.
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City-By-City, Search By Search: Here’s How Australia Likes Its Porn
Australia loves its porn. Every year, the land Down Under contributes millions of hits to Pornhub. Despite having a smaller population, Australian IP addresses make us the seventh most active country on the site in 2014. To try and figure out how we like it Down Under, Pornhub’s data scientists have plowed into the numbers…