How to Win a Trade War

Trump says it’s easy. Try it for yourself. | Continue reading


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The Moscow Midterms

How Russia could steal our next election. | Continue reading


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(American) Nuclear Power Won’t Survive Without a Government Handout

Some plants are shutting down, new ones aren’t being built, and the ones still operational can’t compete with other sources of power on price. | Continue reading


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Maine Is Trying Out a New Way to Run Elections. But Will It Survive the Night?

The man who lives in the Blaine House in Augusta, Maine, was, for many, a sneak preview of the 45th president of the United States. Like Donald Trump, Republica… | Continue reading


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Live coverage and results from the primary elections in California, Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, Iowa, New Mexico, Montana and South Dakota. | Continue reading


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What Makes the Spelling Bee So Hard

Spell for yourself. | Continue reading


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State Websites Are Hackable – And That Could Compromise Election Security

A cyber firm found vulnerabilities in the websites of Alabama and Nevada. | Continue reading


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The Polls Are All Right

With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we’ve updated FiveThirtyEight’s pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries. Based on… | Continue reading


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Why the NBA Abandoned Roy Hibbert

The former Indiana All-Star is still just 31, and he boasts one of basketball's most coveted skills. But that isn't enough in today's ever-changing league. | Continue reading


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Humans Are Dumb at Figuring Out How Smart Animals Are

If an animal is smart enough, should we treat it like a human? An abstract question, but one that found its way into a courtroom recently. A case bidding for co… | Continue reading


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The Midwest Is Getting Drenched, and It’s Causing Big Problems

Minnesota is getting wetter. Over the last 100 years, the state has seen more storms that produce heavy rainfall, and its strongest storms have grown more inten… | Continue reading


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How Shoddy Statistics Found a Home in Sports Research

Graphics by Ella Koeze At first blush, the studies look reasonable enough. Low-intensity stretching seems to reduce muscle soreness. Beta-alanine supplements ma… | Continue reading


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I Faced Off Against Magnus Carlsen. You Will Totally Believe What Happened Next

UNITED NATIONS — I nearly deleted the email. I’m not accustomed to receiving genuine correspondence from a counsellor with the permanent mission of Norway to t… | Continue reading


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The Cleveland team that dominated Toronto is relying on a lineup that never saw the court before the playoffs. | Continue reading


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You Can’t Opt Out of Sharing Your Data, Even If You Didn’t Opt In

The Golden State Killer, who terrorized Californians from Sacramento to Orange County over the course of a decade, committed his last known murder in 1986, the … | Continue reading


@fivethirtyeight.com | 6 years ago

You Can’t Opt Out of Sharing Your Data, Even If You Didn’t Opt In

The Golden State Killer, who terrorized Californians from Sacramento to Orange County over the course of a decade, committed his last known murder in 1986, the … | Continue reading


@fivethirtyeight.com | 6 years ago

How Much Sugar Would It Take to Get a Rocket to the Moon? – FiveThirtyEight

The questions that kids ask about science aren’t always easy to answer. Sometimes, their little brains can lead to big places that adults forget to explore. Tha… | Continue reading


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The Media Has a Probability Problem – FiveThirtyEight

The media’s demand for certainty -- and its lack of statistical rigor -- is a bad match for our complex world. | Continue reading


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The Five Types of Nicolas Cage Movies

We categorize the work of this nearly uncategorizable actor. | Continue reading


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