By David Roher Watson closed the pod bay door on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter last night, bringing the IBM robot’s 2-game Jeopardy total to over $77,000. Humans are still the kings of awful robot-pop-culture references...
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By Ben Blatt In 1964, Mosteller and Wallace published Inference and Disputed Authorship: The Federalist. The paper used statistical analysis to try to determine if James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, or John Jay was the author of...
By Andrew Cohen With the conclusion of the last tennis major of the year, the US Open, and the return of football on Sundays, the sport has been returned to its status as an afterthought for American sports fans. Interestingly...
By Daniel Adler Which athlete is the furthest from the rest of his sport? Barry Bonds and his four seasons with on-base-percentages above .500 springs to mind. So does Wilt Chamberlain and his 1961-62 season in which he...
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During the time we were transferring to this new blog, our faculty advisor, Carl Morris, analyzed Serena Williams’ outburst at last month’s US Open. Carl Bialik of the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about...