When a computer scientist publishes genetics papers, you might think it would raise colleagues’ eyebrows. But Daphne Koller’s research using a once obscure branch of probability theory called Bayesian ...

Alice and Bob are playing a game in which the first person to get 6 points wins. The way each point is decided is a little strange. The Casino has a pool table that Alice and Bob can't see. Before the ...

It turns out that the old adage about statistics and damned lies wasn’t a joke. Sticks and stones may be bonebreakers, and words inflict no (physical) pain, but numbers can kill. In 2004, for instance ...