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July 2024 volume 21 issue 3
News
Adult milestones, deepfakes warning, America’s new MENA category, dermatology data sets and more
Puzzle
Mycroft’s fiendish problem
Plus the solution to “The Green Cane of Kabul”
Editorial
The greatest stats show on earth
Official statistics and the public
By engaging, respecting and responding to the public, we can win over our critics
Bad stats
Our new regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups
Book review
Reducing Intergenerational Poverty reviewed by Olivia Varley-Winter
Letters
Significance readers share their thoughts
Crossword
What happened?, by Sam Buttrey
Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword
Questions answered
John Bailer: statistician, podcaster and author
Data visualisation guide: part 1
An introduction and overview
Athletes’ peaks and primes
How performance data can reveal when a track and field star is most likely to grab gold
What makes a winning gymnastics team?
Statistical advice for Team USA on picking the perfect team for Paris
Swimming for victory
Top-level science and coaching combine to reduce random error for Dutch swimmers
Women and endurance sports
We explore the issues helping, and hindering, women in sports such as marathon-running
Basketball
Unveiling NBA eras with clustering
The R number and the media
The third in our six-part series by Gavin Freeguard on the evolution and usefulness of the pandemic’s famous epidemiological tool
Baby names
How pop music, movie stars and presidents influence American parents