Tim Harford looks at some of the numbers in the news and in life. In this episode:Why is the data on the ethnicity of grooming gangs of such poor quality?Iran has apparently enriched uranium to 60%, but what does that number mean?Adam Curtis’s latest series, Shifty, includes claims about Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power. We ask Sir John Curtice, polling king of election night, if they’re accurate.And we ask an economist to explain why being pillaged by a Viking might be more lucrative than you’d

Send us a text Welcome to the latest episode of Living Proof, our podcast produced in collaboration with Plus.maths.org– you can find all the content from the collaboration here. On May 30th 2024 seminar goers at Princeton University witnessed a thrilling moment. The mathematician Zhouli Xu of the University of California, LA, announced that, together with colleagues he had sorted out the 126th dimension. Not in general, but in regards to a problem that has taunted mathematicians since the 19...

Dr. Scott Berry applies a statistician’s review of a random trial result published in JAMA – the FAIR-HF2 clinical trial.  Interrogating the frequentist paradigm and the focus on the binary outcome of the primary hypothesis test. He scrutinizes the Hochberg multiplicity adjustment, challenges the prevailing disregard for accumulated scientific evidence, and contrasts the limitations of black/white view of clinical trial of over 1000 patients and 6 years of enrollment. A contrast is made to

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Building with AI feels like magic, but the engineering is a huge challenge. Chip Huyen's "AI Engineering" provides the first real manual for this new era, shifting the focus from building models to adapting them. Here's what you need to know.In this episode of Beep Beep Boop Boop, your host Baris takes you on a 60-minute deep dive into the groundbreaking book, "AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models" by Chip Huyen. Forget a simple summary; we're unpacking the core

This week we discuss The Illusion of Thinking, a new paper from researchers at Apple that challenges today’s evaluation methods and introduces a new benchmark: synthetic puzzles with controllable complexity and clean logic. Their findings? Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) show surprising failure modes, including a complete collapse on high-complexity tasks and a decline in reasoning effort as problems get harder. Dylan and Parth dive into the paper's findings as well as the debate around ...

In this inspiring episode of On Vision, Technology, Innovation and Money, we sit down with Richard Blank, CEO of Costa Rica’s Call Center. Richard shares his bold journey from Philadelphia to Costa Rica, where he built a thriving business and a life aligned with his values. We dive into his cutting-edge telemarketing techniques, leadership philosophy, the psychology of sales, and even the legendary “Buffer-Boomerang” close. Plus, hear how a childhood dream led him to amass Costa Rica’s larges...

In this episode of Room to Grow, Joanie and Curtis continue the season 5 series on the Mathematics Teaching Practices from NCTM’s Principles to Actions, celebrating it’s 10th anniversary. This month’s practice is “Pose Purposeful Questions.” This is defined as follows: Effective teaching of mathematics uses purposeful questions to assess and advance students’ reasoning and sense making about important mathematical ideas and relationships. In unpacking this definition, our hosts key in o...

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Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news, and in life. This week:We debunk a false claim that the hotel bill for immigrants is the size of the tax bill for Manchester.An article in the Spectator claimed that 4% of women aged between 18 and 34 in the UK are OnlyFans creators. We track down the source and discover that it is not very good.Do people in Scotland use much more water than people in Yorkshire? If so, why?And we examine a popular claim that today’s working mothers spend more

In this episode, Autumn interviews Dr. Ileana Pazos, an expert in dosimetry, discussing the critical role of radiation measurement in various industries, including healthcare and food safety. They explore the science behind dosimetry, the applications of radiation, the challenges faced in accurate measurements, and the misconceptions surrounding food irradiation. Ileana emphasizes the importance of public education and the need for global standards in radiation measurement, while also sharing her

In this episode, we break down Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" and its dystopian AI provisions: automated fraud detection systems, centralized citizen databases, military AI integration, and a 10-year moratorium blocking all state AI regulation. We explore the historical parallels with authoritarian data consolidation and why this represents a fundamental shift away from limited government principles once held by US conservatives.(00:00) - Intro(01:13) - Bill, general overview (05:14) -

Scott Berry convenes co-authors Kert Viele, Joe Marion, and Lindsay Berry to discuss the statistical and developmental nuances of inferentially seamless phase 2/3 clinical trial designs. The group dissects the simple method for distributing alpha when including stage 1 data, whether it is a good idea to distribute alpha, and the optimal allocation of sample size when Stage 1 data are carried forward, all referencing their recently published work in Pharmaceutical Statistics.Key

━━*＼こんな番組／*━━お笑い芸人と数学教師の二刀流で活躍中のタカタ先生が算数が「不安」なあなたを 算数「ファン」に変えちゃう番組です。是非お聴きいただき、 お子さんへ算数の楽しさを伝えてくださいね！ 質問や感想も随時受付中！ Xにて「 #算数わくわく」でポストしてください。 時々、LINEのオープンチェットで寄せられた質問にもお答えしますよ! ▶ ▶▶今回のあらすじ◀◀◀ 今回はフォーフォーズっていう4を4つ使って答えを求めるゲームにチャレンジ！是非、算数わくわくノートを準備して聴いてね！ ◤◤◤リンクたち～！

Send us a text In this episode, we unpack a big question: What’s your vision for math classrooms? From years of visiting classrooms and leading professional development, our guest shares a powerful answer rooted in three values: joy, curiosity, and teacher sustainability. This isn’t just an ideal—it’s a framework leaders and teachers can work toward right now. 🛠️ Try These 3 Professional Learning Moves That Actually Work Ready to lead transformative PD in your building? Here are three things

This episode features a stimulating discussion between Prof. Nataraj (host) and Prof. Steven Shaw.  Prof. Shaw is a Professor at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida, and is a prolific and noted scholar with many publications in nonlinear dynamics.  His work ranges over a number of diverse areas including fundamental physics, modeling, and design of resonant micro/nano-electro-mechanical systems, their applications in time-keeping and sensing, and in the dynamics and design of centrifugal pendulum

Will Petillo, onboarding team lead at PauseAI, joins me to discuss the grassroots movement advocating for a pause on frontier AI model development. We explore PauseAI's strategy, talk about common misconceptions Will hears, and dig into how diverse perspectives still converge on the need to slow down AI development.Will's LinksPersonal blog on AIHis mindmap of the AI x-risk debateGame demosAI focused YouTube channel(00:00) - Intro(03:36) - What is PauseAI (10:10) - Will Petillo's journey

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In this electrifying episode recorded live at our June event, Jonily Zupancic dives deep into the misunderstood world of the “science of math.” Discover the powerful contrast between reading and math instruction, why counting—not computation—is the ultimate key to number sense, and how the brain's innate wiring for estimation and patterns reshapes what we call math achievement. Plus, a special segment with Cheri Dotterer introduces the Learning Disabilities Podcast Network and the deeper

What does the government mean when it commits to developing a “10-times more lethal” army? Why was the much-missed Sycamore Gap tree said to be worth a strikingly exact £622,191? Are there really twice as many people teaching Yoga as there are in the fishing industry? Is the number of workers per pensioner really falling from 4 to 3 to 2? And what did Donald Trump mean when he said the price of eggs had fallen by 400%?Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. If you want us to look