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February 2015

Ctrl + ← Gas, Laundromats And Super Bowl Ads
How Much Money You’re Going To Win Playing Super Bowl Squares
The Super Bowl Point Spread Has A Strange, Strange History
Super Bowl XLIX Was Not The Most Exciting Super Bowl Ever
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
Latino Enrollment Is Critical For Obamacare, So Is It Happening?
Chaos, Not Scott Walker, Leads The Republican Field In Iowa
Are The Patriots Now The Greatest NFL Dynasty Of All Time?
A Head Coach Botched The End Of The Super Bowl, And It Wasn’t Pete Carroll
Counterpoint: Super Bowl XLIX Was Among The Most Exciting Super Bowls Ever
NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: The Thunder And Suns Are In A Dogfight
The Year Ron Hunt Got Hit By 50 Pitches
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
Gender Bias, Dishonest Parents And Older Scientists
Unemployment Has Changed. Unemployment Benefits Haven’t.
Ask Nate Silver About The Super Bowl, Or 2016, Or Anything Else
A Little Bit Softer Now: How To Dance To ‘Shout’ Without Ending Up On The Floor
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
Americans And Scientists Agree More On Vaccines Than On Other Hot Button Issues
After Signing Day, Wisconsin Makes The Best Of Its Recruits
Listen To ‘Hot Takedown,’ Our Sports Podcast Pilot
What We Know About The New York Train Crash Site
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015
What It Costs To Live In ‘Broad City’
How Many Women Earn More Than Their Husbands?
Listen To Our Totally Subjective 2016 Presidential Odds For Early February 2015
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 6, 2015
Other Countries Are So Much Better At Vaccinating Their Kids For Measles
Revisions Made This A Blockbuster Jobs Report
10 Of The Biggest Presidential Primary Busts In Recent History
Tom Brady’s (Statistical) Place In The Pantheon Of NFL QBs
If You Care About The Oscars, Pay Attention This Weekend
Ctrl + ← Where’s Waldo, War And What’s Going Around
38 Percent Of Women Earn More Than Their Husbands
Another 34,000 People Are About To Put Their Future In the Hands Of An Algorithm
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
Veterans, Racial Disparities, Mortgage Fraud And Children’s Health Insurance
NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: The Clippers Fall (As Do, Strangely, The Hawks)
It’s A Two-Horse Race For The Best Picture Oscar
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015
Brian Williams Has Lasted Longer Than Most In NBC’s Anchor Chair
Tony Romo Is Skeptical Football’s Gunslinger Of The Year
It’s Hard To Know Where Gluten Sensitivity Stops And The Placebo Effect Begins
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
The Fight To Save The Mighty Honeybee
Charles Barkley Doesn’t Love Analytics, But Analytics Sure Love Him
There’s A 67 Percent Chance Someone Will Win The Powerball Jackpot Tonight
The Silly Way Coaches’ Wins Are Counted
The Imprisoner’s Dilemma
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015
At What Age Am I Older Than Most People?
Listen To Our Conversation With The Microbe Map Man
The Overhyped Reaction To Jon Stewart Leaving ‘The Daily Show’
Kyle Korver Is On Pace For The Best NBA Shooting Season Of All Time
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 13, 2015
A Cheat Sheet For Comey’s Speech On Race And Policing
Americans Are More Likely To Like Muslims If They Know One
Who Really Had The Best Movie Career After ‘SNL’
The Gasols Are The Best Brothers In The NBA
Is Mount Rushmore Statistically Accurate?
We’re Hosting A Facebook Chat On The Economy
Your Brain Is Primed To Reach False Conclusions
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015
We’re Hiring A Copy Editor
Scott Walker Is One Of The Few Governors Still Cutting Higher-Ed Spending
Boston’s Ridiculous February Snowfall In One Chart
Where Amar’e Stoudemire Ranks Among The Worst NBA Offseason Acquisitions
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015
Every NBA Team’s Chance Of Winning In Every Minute Across Every Game
The NBA Excitement Index
Why California’s Head Start Kids Are Better Protected From Measles
Forget The Suns. Goran Dragic Needs Teammates Who Will Give Him The Damn Ball!
FiveThirtyEight’s Election-Style Oscar Predictions
Republicans Like The Bushes’ Stances On Foreign Policy
Marco Rubio And The Pareto Frontier
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015
What The #FancyStats Say About NHL Trade-Deadline Targets
What The #FancyStats Say About NBA Trade-Deadline Targets
Who Will Run For President: Every Republican
What Wal-Mart’s Pay Increase Means For The Economy
The Biggest Best Picture Upsets At The Oscars In The Past 25 Years
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 20, 2015
Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami … And Fat?
The Race For Best Picture Is Among The Closest In Oscar History
Ctrl + ← Poker, Bisexuals, Sleeping And Showering
Here’s How The Academy Chooses The Best Picture
Rich Data, Poor Data
A Data-Driven Guide To The Oscars
How FiveThirtyEight’s Oscar Predictions Did
Chicago’s Unemployment Rate Could Cost Rahm Emanuel Votes
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 23, 2015
How History Judges The Oscars’ Closest Calls
Comparing Obama’s Veto Rate To Other Recent Presidents’
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015
Affirmative Action, Occupational Licensing And Early Retirement
How Madden Ratings Are Made
NBA Power Ratings And Playoff Odds: What The Trade Deadline Hath Wrought
Hillary Clinton Is The George W. Bush Of 2016
The Fed Has Never Been More Polarizing
Shorter Yellow Lights In Chicago Increase Chances Of Tickets
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015
Previewing The Supreme Court’s Abercrombie & Fitch Case
Listen To How Walt Hickey And Neil Paine Tried To Break Madden
The Walk-On
Rest Easy, Bob Knight: Kentucky Probably Won’t Finish Undefeated
Injured Again, Derrick Rose Is In Uncharted Territory
What Paris Could Do About Its Mystery Drones
Hey, Nate: There Is No ‘Rich Data’ In Women’s Sports
Are Moms Less Likely Than Dads To Pay Child Support?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
How I Became The Worst Player In Madden
There’s A 92 Percent Chance The Senate Will Confirm Loretta Lynch As Attorney General
The Amazing Longevity Of Jaromir Jagr
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 27, 2015
The 2016 GOP Field Is Shaping Up As Historically Crowded — And Unpredictable
This Year’s NBA Trade Deadline Was The Biggest Ever — Sort Of
Rest In Peace, Mr. Spock