Archive - Understanding the unseen

When the underlying data doesn't speak for itself

How 'results' about vaccines aren't always quite what they seem

Jun 18 •

A late summary for early summer

What I’ve been up to recently

Jun 14 •

May 2025

Can you convincingly explain the Monty Hall problem?

Four approachs for an elusive puzzle

May 20 •

Possibly a serious possibility

How 'lurking weasel' phrases skewed Cold War intelligence

May 3 •

April 2025

March 2025

Truth and trolling

What I learned about conspiracy theorists when my talk on conspiracy theories hit YouTube

Mar 26 •

How to prove you've solved something without giving away the solution

A brief introduction to zero-knowledge proofs

Mar 25 •

A sneak peek of my new book Proof

An A-to-Z of the science of certainty

Mar 19 •

The Blue Bus paradox

How probability-based decisions can lead to legal injustice

Mar 17 •

How a neat statistical method helped the Allies quantify what they were facing in the Second World War

Mar 15 •

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