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October 2015

How Many Women Don’t Use Tampons?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015
The Steelers And Cowboys Aren’t Dead Yet
Podcast: Your Cloud Self vs. You
Republicans Don’t Like Donald Trump As Much As They Used To
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 2, 2015
FiveThirtyEight And Grantland Are Hiring An Associate Producer!
The U.S. Economic Recovery Now Depends On Consumers
Most Americans Get ‘Free Stuff’ From The Government
Smart Matt Damon Is Hot Matt Damon
Very Short Men Have Fewer Sex Partners
The Week In Data: Probability, Dating And Deceiving Charts
Supreme Court Justices Get More Liberal As They Get Older
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 5, 2015
Colin Kaepernick Used To Be Russell Wilson, Bro
‘Hamilton’ Would Last 4 To 6 Hours If It Were Sung At The Pace Of Other Broadway Shows
The Senate’s Criminal Justice Bill Would Lengthen Some Sentences — But Reduce Far More
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015
Watch Out, Joe Biden, Polls Aren’t Kind To Candidates Who Enter Late
The Best 2015 MLB Teams, According To Our New Ratings
The Blue Jays Are The Best — And There’s An 80 Percent Chance They Won’t Win
Why Hillary Clinton Feels Safe Running To The Left Of Bernie Sanders On Guns
Podcast: MLB Playoff Preview, Maya Moore’s Legacy, And The Kick-pocalypse
There Are Way More Homeless Students Than There Used To Be
Should Jeb Bush Be Freaking Out Right Now?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015
The Wild-Card Winner Is The Team To Beat In The NL
The Nobel-Winning Malaria Drug Won’t Work For Much Longer
Gallup Gave Up. Here’s Why That Sucks.
How The Cubs Won The NL Wild-Card Game
NHL Coaches Are Pulling Goalies Earlier Than Ever
It’s Getting Harder To Move Beyond A Minimum-Wage Job
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015
Podcast: Wall Street’s Just One Big Bloomberg Chat
Why Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Bid Was Doomed
2015-16 CARMELO NBA Projections: Anthony Davis
2015-16 CARMELO NBA Projections: Marcus Smart
FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO NBA Projections: John Wall
FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO NBA Projections: Karl-Anthony Towns
FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO NBA Projections: Victor Oladipo
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 9, 2015
FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO NBA Projections — Kahlil Felder
FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO NBA Projections — Tim Duncan
The 25 Most Rewatchable Movies Of All Time
We’re Predicting The Career Of Every NBA Player. Here’s How.
2015-16 NBA Preview: Is This The Thunder’s Last Chance?
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Celtics Are Going To Be Good Again
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pistons Could Stop Being Terrible
Boy, Those Toronto Blue Jays World Series Odds Went South Quick
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Mavericks Are On A Treadmill of Mediocrity
The Week In Data: Guns
Bernie Sanders’s Big Chance To Woo Non-White Voters
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 12, 2015
2015-16 NBA Preview: The New-Look Spurs Are Gonna Be Really Good
On Any Given Sunday, NFL Favorites Win And Underdogs Lose
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Hawks Will Be Mostly The Same, But Worse
Playoff Umps Are Screwing Up A Tenth Of Balls And Strikes
Chase Utley’s Illegal Slide Changed Everything For The Dodgers
Meet The Democratic Candidates Who Aren’t Hillary Clinton Or Bernie Sanders
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pelicans Are On The Edge Of Greatness
2015-16 NBA Preview: Sorry, Nets Fans
Podcast: The FiveThirtyEight Crash Course In QB Stats
Uber Is Taking Millions Of Manhattan Rides Away From Taxis
Where This Year’s Playoff Aces Rank In Franchise History
Live Coverage Of The First Democratic Debate
The Media Underestimated Hillary Clinton, But Overestimated Her Debate
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015
What Are The Demographics Of Heaven?
2015-16 NBA Preview: This Could Be The Rockets’ Year
2015-16 NBA Preview: Another Season, Another Garbage Heap Of A Sixers Team
Did The Democratic Debate Change The Odds?
This Is The Cubs’ Best Chance Yet To Break Their Curse
The Way We Use Social Security Numbers Is Absurd
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015
Be Suspicious Of Online Movie Ratings, Especially Fandango’s
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Raptors Are Lucky They Play In An Awful Division
2015-16 NBA Preview: Have The Heat Moved On From LeBron?
The Arizona Cardinals Are Shockingly Good — Again
Obama’s Plans For Withdrawal From Afghanistan Have Changed Again
Sex Supplements Send 617 People To The ER Each Year
Which NFL Team Are You Stuck Watching Every Sunday?
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 16, 2015
Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz? Ted Cruz!
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Grizzlies Will Remain Good, Not Great
Big Data Is Saving This Little Bird
Tristan Thompson Isn’t Worth Anywhere Near $94 Million
Skeptical Football: I Love Aaron Rodgers
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Knicks Are Going To Be Bad, Again
The Week In Data: Thieves, Chicken, And Romance
The Problem With Tying Health Care To Trade
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 19, 2015
Lindsey Graham Might Not Even Make The Next JV Debate
2015-16 NBA Preview: Forget D-Rose, The Numbers Say The Bulls Belong To Jimmy Butler
There’s A 60 Percent Chance Of A Royals-Mets World Series
2015-16 NBA Preview: Paul George Is Back, But The Pacers Are Still Meh
2015-16 NBA Preview: Andrew Wiggins Might Be The Next Carmelo
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Lakers Have Fallen And Won’t Get Up
FiveThirtyEight Is Hiring Interns
Science Won’t Settle The Mammogram Debate
2015-16 NBA Preview: Can The Young Bucks Keep Improving?
Donald Trump Is Doomed And/Or Invincible
Americans Aren’t That Interested In Benghazi
Podcast: Hello CARMELO, Bunched NFL Wins, And A Startup Hockey League
How Kappa Became The Face Of Twitch
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015
Hanks And Spielberg Might Be The Best Collaboration In Hollywood
2015-16 NBA Preview: There’s Finally Hope For The Orlando Magic
Joe Biden Made The Right Call
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Clips Add Depth To Survive The West
The Cubs Can’t Take The Heat
How The Media Blew The Biden Story
This NFL Season Is Super Weird
What Paul Ryan Has That Kevin McCarthy And John Boehner Don’t
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
2015-16 NBA Preview: Can The Jazz Continue Last Season’s Surge?
Hillary Clinton Got The Biggest Post-Debate Polling Bounce
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Hornets Coulda Been A Contender
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Suns Have Talent But Lack Shooting
Rating Subjective Experiences Is Hard, But Fandango Is Really Bad At It
Not Even Paul Ryan Can Bridge The House GOP’s Divisions
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
This Year’s Patriots Are Almost On Pace To Be The G.O.A.T.
Dear Reader: Goodbye
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Nuggets Have A Tiny Shot At Being Decent
2015-16 NBA Preview: Injuries And Betrayals Leave The Blazers In Flux
Lincoln Chafee’s Polling Was … Consistent, At Least
A Run Like Daniel Murphy’s Should Happen Once Every Two Years
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Kings Might Finish Near .500 In Spite Of Themselves
A Hugely Powerful Hurricane Did Surprisingly Little Damage
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Wizards And The Wasteland Of .500
Concussion Tests Won’t Fix The Concussion Problem
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 26, 2015
2015-16 NBA Preview: LeBron And The Cavs Could Win 60 Games
Can Ben Carson Really Take Out Donald Trump?
2015-16 NBA Preview: The Warriors Are Gonna Be Awesome
A FiveThirtyEight Debate: Who’s Going To Win The World Series?
Can An Astrophysicist Change The Way We Watch Sports?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015
The 53 Best Franchise Players In The NBA
FiveThirtyEight’s 2015-16 NBA Forecast
Cops In Classrooms Are Rarely Evaluated
Abby Wambach Retires As The G.O.A.T.
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015
Game 1 Of The World Series Was 14 Innings Of Weird
A World Series Sabermetrics Spectacular
Maybe Republicans Really Are In Disarray
Everything We’ve Written About The GOP Candidates So Far
CNBC Undercard Republican Debate: Live Coverage
Republican Presidential Debate: Live Coverage
Yeah, Jeb Bush Is Probably Toast
Mets Pitchers Have Found Their Kryptonite
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015
Are The Royals Really This Much Better Than The Mets?
Scary Movies Are The Best Investment In Hollywood
China Will Let Families Have More Kids, But Many Women Can’t
Why The Bronx Really Burned
Jeb Bush’s Problem Is Jeb Bush
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 30, 2015
Murder Rates Don’t Tell Us Everything About Gun Violence
Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating
The Grantland Articles We Loved Most
40 Percent Of The NFL Is Real
We Made A Friend: FiveThirtyEight And ‘On The Media’ Join Forces
Terry Collins And Ned Yost Both Took Their Starters Out Too Late In Game 3