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Donald Trump Would Win the Election Today, According to FiveThirtyEight
Nate Silver and his team of data journalists give Trump a 56.7 percent chance of winning the election in a new short-term poll, following the Republican National Convention.
Bookie Odds Favor a Clinton Win, But they Also Predicted Brexit Wouldn’t Happen
Trump currently has similar bookie odds to what Brexit did just before the vote.
How One Startup Reimagined Athlete Stats for the Age of Social Media
The rapid-fire nature of social nature prompted European soccer authorities to change how they think about stats.
The Managers: What Strat-O-Matic Meant to Its Creator, Its Fans, and Baseball
For inventor Hal Richman, the legendary baseball board game Strat-O-Matic was an escape from a difficult childhood. For generations of fans, it's just been an escape.
The Future of the British Music Festival is Bleak
As a new report shows, festivals are a £2.3bn industry in the UK, but when Glastonbury sees profits of as little as 50p per ticket, how long can they be sustained?
New Website Proves 'MMA Math' Is Useless—and Hilarious
According to "MMA Math," Kimbo beats Stipe, Henderson wins against Lombard, and Bisping topples Rockhold.
The US Death Rate Went Up For The First Time in a Decade
Experts say it's not clear yet whether increased death rate is a coincidence or the start of a trend.
New Technologies Are Forcing Baseball To Balance Big Data With "Big Brother"
New technologies have made it possible for baseball teams to know more than ever about their players. This new data can benefit both sides, but it can also be an invasion of privacy. Where's the line?
We Asked People if Sexting Really Counts as Cheating
What you can and can't send to Becky with the good hair.
The United States Officially Has Way Too Much Cheese Right Now
As great as it is to be one nation overflowing with cheese, the surplus is a sign that the US is having a hard time enticing foreign countries to buy up our stock.
How to Tell When Statistics Are Bullshit
We asked Tim Harford, host of statistics podcast More Or Less, how we can find out when newspapers and politicians are being liberal with the truth.