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July 2015

Are Women More Likely Than Men To End A Relationship?
Significant Digits for Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Podcast: U.S. Women’s Soccer Semifinals, Wimbledon, And NBA Free Agency
Can England’s Lionesses Upset Defending Champs Japan?
The Causes Of Black Church Fires Resist Easy Explanations
‘Magic Mike’: Come For The Pecs, Stay For The Economics
The U.S. Women May Be The Greatest World Cup Dynasty
Significant Digits for Thursday, July 2, 2015
Don’t Let The Disappointing June Jobs Report Distract From The Long-Term Trend
Donald Trump’s Immigration Statements Will Find A Home In His Party
Marijuana Edibles Are A Gamble For Users
Podcast: How Data Can Solve Our Most Vexing Transportation Problems
Jim Webb Is Searching For A Bygone Democratic Party
Baseball’s Kids Are All Right
The U.S. Is Twice As Likely To Win The World Cup As Japan
The Week In Data: Maiden Names, Beer And Childless Women
Carli Lloyd’s Historic Hat Trick Won The World Cup
Understanding Different Measures Of Abortion
Significant Digits For Monday, July 6, 2015
Calm Markets Are Bad News For Greek Negotiators
The U.S.’s Early Lead In The World Cup Final Was Even Crazier Than It Seemed
The Royals Basically Have As Many All-Stars As They Deserve
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 7, 2015
The Polls Were Bad in Greece. The Conventional Wisdom Was Worse.
It’s 2015 — You’d Think We’d Have Figured Out How To Measure Web Traffic By Now
The Fragile Greek Banking System Is Nearing A Meltdown
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 8, 2015
How Your Favorite Baseball Team Blows Its Money
Don’t Be Fooled By Baseball’s Small-Budget Success Stories
Bernie Sanders Could Win Iowa And New Hampshire. Then Lose Everywhere Else.
Podcast: The Greatest Dynasty Of All, NBA Free Agency, And All-Star Baseball
New Powerball Odds Could Give America Its First Billion-Dollar Jackpot
The Spurs Are Going To Be Really Good — Like, Golden State Warriors Good
Rapes Assisted By Drugs Or Alcohol Are All Too Common
Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam Chances Just Increased By 33 Percent
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 9, 2015
Women Get Equal Pay, But Not Equal Billing, At Wimbledon
Jeb Bush Was Right: Americans Need To Work Longer Hours
Expensive Cigarettes No Longer Keep Teenagers From Smoking
DeAndre Jordan Made The Right Call
Women Haven’t Had Their Own Ticker-Tape Parade Since 1960
I Love You, You Love Me, We’ve Probably Never Said That To More Than Three
Significant Digits For Friday, July 10, 2015
Luis Valbuena Is Having A Very Weird Season With The Astros
Podcast: How Many People Regret Their Tattoo?
The Week In Data: Ticker-Tape Parades, Birth Control And $100
Significant Digits For Monday, July 13, 2015
Scott Walker Wants To Cure His Party Of Its Weakness For Moderates
What If Most Campus Rapes Aren’t Committed By Serial Rapists?
Obama Catches Up To Both Bushes On Commutations
The Numbers Behind Hillary Clinton’s Economic Vision
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Your Chances Of Being Gored By A Bull In Pamplona Are Getting Higher
Podcast: A Special Stat-School Edition Of Hot Takedown
The 2016 Endorsement Primary
Republicans Are Acting Like Democrats. Democrats Are Acting Like Republicans.
Enes Kanter May Be One Of The Last Players To Cash In On Hollow Numbers
Opinions About The Iran Deal Are More About Obama Than Iran
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 15, 2015
No Matter How Much They Make, The Best Players In The NBA Are Vastly Underpaid
What To Do With A Million Stolen Fingerprints
Kawhi Leonard Needs A Raise Even Though He Just Got One
The Bernie Sanders Surge Is About Bernie, Not Hillary
Even Pretending To Be A Professional Tennis Player Is Terrifying
It’s Dumb That The All-Star Game ‘Counts,’ But It’s Mostly Harmless
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 16, 2015
Which Countries Have The Most Immigrants?
Two Good Reasons Not To Take The Donald Trump ‘Surge’ Seriously
Four Ways To Fund A Presidential Campaign
Greece Hopes Foreign Tourists Will Help Pay Its Debts
Voters Were Just As Diverse In 2014 As They Were In 2008
Significant Digits For Friday, July 17, 2015
What’s The Optimal Speed For Exercise?
The Real Physics Of Ant-Man: Blind, Deaf, And His Voice Would Be Hilarious
Podcast: Is It Possible To Have TMI During A Visit To The Doctor?
Are Dez Bryant And Demaryius Thomas Worth $140 Million?
Releasing Drug Offenders Won’t End Mass Incarceration
Chris Christie Is In Danger Of Missing The First Republican Debate
The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever
The Week In Data: ‘Seinfeld,’ Segregation, And The Goldilocks Theory Of Marriage
280,000 People Have Asked Google To Honor Their ‘Right To Be Forgotten’
The Science Of Grading Teachers Gets High Marks
Significant Digits For Monday, July 20, 2015
Donald Trump Is The World’s Greatest Troll
Ty Lawson Moves The Rockets Closer To The West’s Top Tier
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 21, 2015
John Kasich: A Jeb Bush In Jon Huntsman Clothing
That FIFA Movie Really Was As Much Of A Bomb As You Heard
Marvel’s Run Crushes Hollywood’s Most Epic Winning Streaks
The U.S.’s Math Olympiad Win Breaks China’s Dominance
Streaks Like Zack Greinke’s Require A Ton Of Luck
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 22, 2015
How Many Parents-To-Be Want To Know The Baby’s Sex?
Podcast: Unstoppable Greinke, The Greatest Basketball Season Ever, And Baseball Brain Data
How The NYPD Abused Citizens In The Name Of Data, And How One Cop Exposed It
What 12 Months Of Record-Setting Temperatures Looks Like Across The U.S.
What New York’s Minimum Wage Proposal For Fast Food Workers Is Really Worth
Dear Nigel Richards, Please Try Romanian Scrabble
Girls Are Rare At The International Math Olympiad
Stop Trying To Be Creative
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 23, 2015
The Cost Of Child Care Might Not Be Skyrocketing
The Debate On Uber’s Impact In New York City Is Far From Over
Nielsen’s Testing Hasn’t Resolved The Radio Ratings Debate
Being Arrested Is Nearly Twice As Deadly For African-Americans As Whites
Podcast: The Alchemy Behind Book Publishing
Trump Would Lose Badly In A Third-Party Bid, But He Could Take The Republican Down, Too
Significant Digits For Friday, July 24, 2015
Anti-Gay Feeling Is High In Many African Countries Amid Obama Visit
America Has Spoken: MLB Steroid Users Should Lose A Third Of Their Stats
Frank Drake Totally Saw Kepler-452b Coming
We’re Hiring A Sports Editor
Introducing censusAmericans, A Twitter Bot For America
The Week In Data: Road Trips, School Segregation, And Bowling Strategy
37 Million People Use Ashley Madison, The Website For Infidelity
What’s Wrong With Rand Paul’s Campaign?
Significant Digits For Monday, July 27, 2015
Roundtable: All Of Baseball History Should Get An Asterisk
How Weird Is Alex Rodriguez’s Resurgence?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Too Many People Don’t Know Marital Rape Is Rape
In The Major Leagues, Female Coaches Are Barely A Rounding Error
Urban Resurgence Is A Double-Edged Sword For Democrats
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Donald Trump Is The Nickelback Of GOP Candidates
Ode To The Properly Rated: Ben Zobrist Edition
Podcast: Defining An Athlete’s Gender, Boston Says ‘No’ To The Olympics, And U.S. Soccer Woes
The United States Is The Biggest Importer Of Trophy Lions Like Cecil
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 30, 2015
Buster Posey’s Pitch Framing Makes Him A Potential MVP
Does It Make Sense To Split The Check At A Restaurant?
Chris Christie, Newfound Drug Warrior, Is Too Late To Stop Pot
Who Would You Invite To The First Republican Debate?
Significant Digits For Friday, July 31, 2015
Helping Inmates Pay For College Could Dramatically Reduce Incarceration
The Most Imbalanced Teams In MLB: Trade Deadline Edition
Four Republicans Are On The Bubble To Get Into The First Debate
Podcast: The Algorithm Behind Your Browser
The Four Types Of Tom Cruise Movies
Ronda Rousey Fights Like An Outlier