Mathematicians rely on numbers, but finding words to explain different levels of certainty has stymied everyone from the ...

Discover how probability distribution methods can help predict stock market returns and improve investment decisions. Learn ...

Editor’s note: Previous versions of the simulation were incorrectly calculating each team’s odds of reaching the conference finals and beyond. That error has been ...

In his “Petition to be buried on the beach at Sète,” Georges Brassens, another native of that windy little port town south of Montpellier, asks the “good master” Paul Valéry to pardon his proposal for ...

Objective To quantify US female and male Olympic athletes’ longevity and the years of life lost or saved due to multiple causes of death as compared with the US general population. Methods Former US ...

Renewable energy use in the U.S. has doubled in the past decade, with state-level contributions varying. Some states produce over half their electricity from renewables, targeting 100% clean energy ...

The October 2019 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) identifies the current key vulnerabilities in the global financial system as the rise in corporate debt burdens, increasing holdings of ...