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The maths of why pollsters might be wrong, even if they’re right
I have a plan to figure out which US election poll aggregator is the most accurate. Will Nate Silver and his cohort play along, wonders Jordan Ellenberg
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The perfect cybercrime: selling fake followers to fake people
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As US election looms, time is ripe for a new science of polling
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Make America whole again: how the US can heal its political rift
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If you value science, there’s only one way to vote on 8 November
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Video games become political as US election looms
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Final US presidential clash fails on climate change once more
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US presidential candidates being let off hook on climate change
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Why tonight’s debate is ‘narcissist’ Trump v ‘liar’ Clinton
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AI can join the fight back against the post-truth world
Facts are a debased currency in public debate. Technology can drive the pushback by calling out powerful people who peddle flawed arguments
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What Donald Trump has said about science – and why he’s wrong
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Donald Trump is bending reality to get into the American psyche
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What explains Brexit, Trump and the rise of the far right?
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Why we all need to fight the irrational fear of outsiders
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