Archive - Understanding the unseen

A zombie statistic about COVID immunity

How a flawed idea continues to skew discussions

Feb 20 •

A distracted day

The unusual pattern that emerged five years ago today

Feb 13 •

The biggest coincidence of my career

Why we struggle to grasp how bad events will be

Feb 9 •

The ten-year-old who published a Nature paper

A remarkable – but oft-forgotten – mathematical CV

Feb 1 •

January 2025

How to memorise a talk fast and effectively

Take inspiration from a small bird in a tree

Jan 30 •

1000 hours, give or take

Some lessons from the ups and downs of writing three books

Jan 25 •

Looms and loops

The origins of a crucial computing insight

Jan 22 •

Announcing my new book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty

And why you might be interested in pre-ordering a copy

Jan 20 •

30 probably isn't the magic number

Planting an idea on uncertain ground

Jan 16 •

Islands of sense in sea of nonsense

What should we do on the occasions that people with extreme views make reasonable statements?

Jan 3 •

Five mathematical quirks about 2025

It's a square year, for starters

Jan 1 •

December 2024

Research highlights from 2024

A brief summary of what our group has been up to

Dec 28, 2024 •

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