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January-June 2008
July-December 2007
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Employers test applicants' mettle with logic puzzles. How would politicians do? -
Why public denials may only fuel conspiracy theories. -
Report suggests slugger may have benefited from cozy relationship with scorer. -
Course descriptions show some schools put math in a religious framework. -
Columnist believes money could be found for health insurance answers. -
Ranking order of candidates could create more accurate results.
January-June 2007
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Book says our own reality is complicated and multilayered. -
Columnist John Allen Paulos considers global warming, genies and torture. -
What May Seem Like Divine Intervention Is Rooted in the Principles of a Card Trick -
Genocide Conundrum: People Sympathize With Individuals in Trouble More Than Large Groups -
The Cost of the Iraq War: Can You Say $1,000,000,000,000? -
The New Year is Good Time to Crunch the Numbers on What's Most Important
July-December 2006
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Game Shows, a Variant Puzzle and a General Question -
Mathematician John Allen Paulos Looks at Who's More Reliable -- Foxes or Hedgehogs? -
Mathematician John Allen Paulos Examines the Questions Raised About Some Voting Systems -
As Support for Creationism Grows, Major Flaws in the Creationists' Argument -
Reading Economic Numbers from Democratic, Republican Points of View -
Vice President Said to Feel That If There's a 1 Percent Chance, Then Act
January-June 2006
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Plus Sexual Predators and Home Run Records -
A Look at the Economics Behind the World's Oldest Profession -
And Is Liberty University the No. 1 Debate Team? -
It's Tough to Be a Trendsetter When Everyone's Following -
Who's Counting: Ineffective Government Screenings Not Worth Loss of Privacy -
Fear of an avian-flu pandemic is widespread and growing. It is, of course, a very serious concern — all the more reason for reports on avian flu to be as clear and...
July-December 2005
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The Nobel Prize in Economics, the Stock Market and Subterranean Information Processing -
Changing Assumptions Might Challenge Familiar Arguments -
Contestants, Taxes, Paradoxes and Sure Things -
How 'Spontaneous Order' Applies to Economics and Evolution -
John Allen Paulos Explains How Bad Math Haunts Health Research -
John Allen Paulos Looks at 'The Road to Reality'
January-June 2005
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John Allen Paulos Explains How Numbers Can Suggest Fishy Business -
Considering When Math and Stories Mix and When They Clash -
Geometric Scaling, Metabolic Rates and a Puzzle About Evolutionary Time -
From Combinatorial Literature to a Surreal Week-in-Review -
Examining the Difference Between Men and Women When It Comes to Math -
Economic Woes and Dismal Math/Science Scores: Related Deficits?
July-December 2004
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A Look at Numbers Behind Social Security, Illegal Immigrants and Iraqi Civilians Killed -
A Mathematical Approach to Understanding Complexity -
Author Spells Out Steps Required to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism -
Four More Years or Four More Variables? -
Red States, Blue States and a Model for Thoughtless Voting -
Pi and Phi Have Been in the Spotlight. What about e?
January-June 2004
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From War's Horror to Coincidence, Psychology and Math Offer Insight -
Examining a Probabilistic Doomsday Argument -
Gibson's Portrayal of Crucifixion Relies on Questionable History -
Infinity: Novelist’s Math, Physicist’s Drama -
How Our Genetic Adam Is Much Younger than Genetic Eve -
Shouldn’t Every President Know Math? A List of Proposed Quiz Questions
July-December 2003
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Politicians, Liars and Mathematical Puzzles -
On Generic Democrats and Seven-Game World Series -
Is a Movement to Fight for the Non-Religious a Bright Idea or Merely a 'Bright' One? -
Still in Sleepy Summer Mode? Here’s a Puzzle to Flex Your Brain -
Behavioral Puzzles in Business and Diplomacy -
Two Odd Mathematical Aspects of Affirmative Action
January-June 2003
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How Much Tea in China? How Many Hours Did Bennett Gamble? There Are Ways to Estimate -
The Stock Market, Beauty Contests, and a Simple Game -
Lanchester's Law: Too Few American Soldiers? -
Gauging War Sentiment in the U.S. and Elsewhere -
Mathematical Balance Between Public Statistics, Personal Information -
Privacy, Terrorists, and Science Fiction
July-December 2002
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The Probability and Risk in Snipers, Baseball, and Elections -
Analysis Shows Such Coincidences Aren't So Unusual -
Relative Risks, Hormone Treatments and Difficult Decisions -
Modest Proposals for Safer Road Journeys -
New Theory Uses Patterns Rather Than Math to Explain the Universe -
Biologist and Writer Gould Used Math to Clarify His Arguments
January-June 2002
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Biologist and Writer Gould Used Math to Clarify His Arguments -
Topology and the Million-Dollar Poincaré Conjecture -
It’s How Votes Get Counted That Counts -
Math Theory Suggests Looking for 1s Can Help Detect Cooked Books -
A New Book Explains How Math Is Rooted in Metaphors, Not Divine Inspiration -
The Math Behind the Growing Number of Obese Americans
July-December 2001
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A Hat Puzzle Whose Solution Could Help Computers Make Fewer Mistakes -
Understanding the Rash Urge to Stockpile Antibiotics -
Searching For Meaning in the Midst of Tragedy -
Two Authors Say We Have Innate Ability With Numbers -
From Placebos to Missiles: Matters of Will or of Science? -
Range of Variables Affect How SAT Correlates to College GPA
January-June 2001
July-December 2000
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From Butterfly Ballots to Butterfly Effects -
Sometimes Fuzziness Is Required When Analyzing Politics and the Economy -
Psychologists Show Why People Don’t Grasp Statistics -
The Complex Logic Behind Party Platforms -
How Much Money Will it Take to Help the Africa AIDS Crisis? -
Why Miracles And Math Don’t Mix


