In 2017, a study posited that human behavior complexity peaks at age 25…
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A test for a potentially flawed study on randomness and age
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Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance
With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
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Days since record-high temperatures
Here’s a fun/alarming weather map from The Pudding. Using data from the Applied…
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More readable writing illustrated with more readable writing
For The Pudding, Rebecca Monteleone and Jamie Brew (with design and code by…
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Joke machine learning projects to advance your career
In an automated job climate that analyzes resumes and inspects social profiles, it…
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Tracking the Lenna image
If you’ve taken classes that cover image processing, you’ve likely come across the…
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NBA carry jobs
With professional basketball, we often hear about carry jobs. There’s one star player…
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Analysis of color names used with makeup
For The Pudding, Ofunne Amaka and Amber Thomas looked at shades, words, and…
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Teaching statistical models with wine tasting
For The Pudding, Lars Verspohl provides an introduction to statistical models disguised as…
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A.I. love story
Pamela Miskhin, in collaboration with The Pudding, wrote a love story. It’s not…
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Comparing live music recordings against the studio versions
There’s something about hearing music live no matter how many times you’ve heard…
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Historical cost of light
These days, most of us don’t have to do much to turn on…
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Analysis of representation in crossword puzzles
For The Pudding, Michelle McGhee analyzed representation in crossword puzzles. Some crossword publications…
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Reconstructing protests in Minneapolis using hundreds of livestreams
From a distance, it’s difficult to build an understanding of the scale and…
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Telling stories in visual, data-driven essays
For The Pudding, Ilia Blinderman rounds out his three-part series on creating visual,…
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Defining ’90s music, based on song recognition
In search of songs that define music in the 1990s, Matt Daniels and…
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Words used to describe men and women’s bodies in literature
Authors tend to focus on different body parts for men and women, and…
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Karen equivalents, based on name data
The name Karen. It’s not a common baby name these days. It peaked…
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Looking for generational gaps in music
Inspired by the genre of YouTube videos where younger people listen to older…
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Testing the infinite monkey theorem
If you have a room of monkeys hitting keys on typewriters for an…