The answer lies in a simple but powerful mathematical idea called “the house edge”: a small, systematic statistical advantage ...

I’m a big fan of photography. I’ve been doing it for years, and I know my way around a camera. But I can’t even count how many times, mostly when I was younger, a random man—always a man—stopped me ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

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From the recent ‘Eternity’ to classics like ‘Defending Your Life’ and ‘Beetlejuice,’ the gag remains the same: What if the next world worked just like this one? By Scout Brobst “Is this hell?” a woman ...

Whenever people get anxious about affordability, populists offer up a deceptively simple solution: rent control. Yet capping prices is a textbook policy failure that leaves renters in every community ...

A felon wanted in California and with over two dozen prior arrests has been repeatedly granted bond throughout Texas, raising questions about repeat offenders being released back onto the streets ...

Plans to redevelop the site of the former Gaslight District Diner on Elm Street in Manchester as a six-story, mixed-use building with 40 apartments now include accommodations to ensure a nearby ...

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