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2018

Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk Science. I Found One That Isn’t.
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018
How The SEC Won Another National Championship
Politics Podcast: Our New Year’s Resolutions
Senator Mitt Romney?
Everyone, Make Three Political Predictions For 2018
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018
Tom Brady Is Drowning In His Own Pseudoscience
Chess’s New Best Player Is A Fearless, Swashbuckling Algorithm
This Buffalo Bills Team Is Worse Than Most Bills Teams This Century
If You Want To Know Who’s Running In 2020, Watch Capitol Hill, Not Iowa
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018
What Happened To All Those Absurd NBA Stat Lines?
Why Aren’t My Vitamin D Supplements Raising My Vitamin D Levels?
Why The Most Efficient Scorer In NBA History Is Stuck On The Bench
Even A Gerrymandering Ban Can’t Keep Politicians From Trying To Shape Their Districts
Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017
Voters Used To See Moderation In Trump. Not Anymore.
I Was A Skeptic Of Mindfulness … Until I Tried To Make My Case
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
Where Will The Seven Dwarfs Sleep Tonight?
12 NFL Playoff Teams Are Enough, Thank You
Can The Panthers Handle The Saints’ Running Backs?
We Have A New Prime Number, And It’s 23 Million Digits Long
Drew Brees Deserves Credit For The Saints’ Running Game, Too
Alabama And Georgia Are Mirror Images Of Each Other
Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 8, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, Jan. 8, 2017
The Wellness Habits We Love Too Much To Investigate
Is President Trump Above The Law?
Politics Podcast: Oprah, Palace Intrigue And Nuclear War
Do Republicans Really Have A Big Turnout Advantage In Midterms?
Nick Saban’s Alabama Has Reached A New Stratosphere
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
The 2016 Falcons Haven’t Magically Reappeared
We Used Broadband Data We Shouldn’t Have — Here’s What Went Wrong
Oprah 2020?
The Compromise On Immigration Is Clear, But The Parties Are Struggling To Get There
This Ohio Case Could Change Who Gets Purged From The Voter Rolls
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018
Are Democrats’ Senate Chances In 2018 Overrated?
The NBA Can’t Stop Hitting Jusuf Nurkic In The Face
The GOP Plan To Overhaul Entitlements Misses The Real Problem
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018
It’s Probably Not Possible To End Gerrymandering
The Timberwolves Might Be For Real
Is Tom Brady Finally Getting Old?
Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 11, 2017
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 12, 2018
Americans Don’t Trust Trump On North Korea
Draw A Circle. Then Draw A Triangle. Now Solve A Riddle.
A Competency Test For Trump Could Be A Bad Idea
Do The Eagles Stand A Chance Without Carson Wentz?
Jacksonville Humiliated Pittsburgh The Last Time They Met. Can The Jags Do It Again?
The Saints Have The Best Rookie Class This Century
Infrastructure Is A Political Opportunity For Trump That Will Likely Go To Waste
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018
Should Trump Give North Korea A ‘Bloody Nose?’
Vegas Has The Best Expansion Team In The History Of Pro Sports, And It’s Not Close
Politics Podcast: Immigration Showdown
There Is More Than One Opioid Crisis
What Was Most Surprising About Trump’s First Year?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018
Democrats Probably Won’t Force A Shutdown Over DACA
The Patriots’ Super Bowl Path Is The Easiest In Modern NFL History
There’s Been A Massive Shift To The Right In The Immigration Debate
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018
The Wizards Aren’t As Good As They Think They Are
Why The Chances Of A Government Shutdown Suddenly Seem Higher
Kristaps Porzingis Is Doing His Best Carmelo Anthony Impression
Is Alexander Zverev The Next Tennis Superstar?
Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018
How Trump Ranks In Popularity vs. Past Presidents
Can You Stay Awake For 50 Hours And Solve 150 Puzzles?
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 19, 2018
What Tom Brady And Case Keenum Do Better Than Anyone Else
The Vikings Are Doom Dressed Up As Hope
Politics Is More Partisan Now, But It’s Not More Divisive
The Government Shutdown Effect: Big In The Short Term, Small After That
Emergency Politics Podcast: Shutdown!
What Does The Shutdown Mean For Democrats And Immigration?
What Women Thought Of Trump Through Year One
Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 22, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, Jan. 22, 2018
How The Eagles Embarrassed The Vikings
Uh, How Does Gerrymandering Work Again?
The Shutdown Didn’t Change Anything, But It Did Teach Us Some Stuff
This MLB Offseason Has Been Eerily Quiet
Politics Podcast: The Three-Day Shutdown
To Combat Female Genital Cutting In The U.S., We Need More Information
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018
Latino Immigrants Across The U.S. Report Similar Levels Of Discrimination
There’s No Such Thing As Super Bowl Momentum
Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Early Predictions
Is Gerrymandering My Fault?
Is The Democratic Party Becoming More Like The GOP?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past?
What We Learned While Trying To Find A New Bechdel Test
Vladimir Guerrero’s Best Games Were In Montreal — And No One Saw Them
Will Caroline Wozniacki Go Down As The Greatest Tennis Player Without A Slam?
Why Do Gerrymandered Districts Look So Weird?
Alabama - The Atlas Of Redistricting
Minnesota - The Atlas Of Redistricting
Mississippi - The Atlas Of Redistricting
New Jersey - The Atlas Of Redistricting
North Carolina - The Atlas Of Redistricting
Ohio - The Atlas Of Redistricting
South Carolina - The Atlas Of Redistricting
The Atlas Of Redistricting
We Drew 2,568 Congressional Districts By Hand. Here’s How.
Hating Gerrymandering Is Easy. Fixing It Is Harder.
Significant Digits For Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Where Did Jason Kidd Go Wrong?
How Tom Brady Became The King Of Comebacks
Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Ending Gerrymandering Won’t Fix What Ails America
The Media Is Misreading How The Shutdown Blame Game Shook Out
How Often Does The Senate Vote In Palindromes?
Significant Digits For Friday, Jan. 26, 2018
The Doomsday Clock Would Like You To Be Concerned
The One Patriots Stat That Eagles Fans Probably Don’t Want To Hear
The Rockets Love Launching 3s From Way Past The Line
We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before
Significant Digits For Monday, Jan. 29, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, Jan. 29, 2018
Fewer Crimes Get Counted When Police Are Slow To Respond
Nick Foles Is Not Carson Wentz. And The Eagles Adjusted Accordingly.
The Bucks’ Great Defensive Experiment Is Over
Politics Podcast: Which Version Of Trump’s Presidency Is Happening?
Why We Hate The State Of The Union. And A Rebuttal.
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018
If You Stop Thinking Of Exercise As A Way To Lose Weight, You May Actually Enjoy It
What To Make Of Republicans’ Decision To Release The ‘Nunes Memo’
The Pistons’ Trade For Blake Griffin Was A Desperate Move — And It May Backfire
We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found.
One More Reason To Raise A Fist At Boston Sports: The Bruins Can’t Be Beat
What Went Down In Trump’s First State Of The Union
Is Trump Delivering On His Promises To Reverse Obama’s Policies?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018
New England’s Non-Receiver Receivers May Be The Greatest Threat To Philadelphia
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 6 Stories This Month
Not Much From A State Of The Union Usually Becomes Law
Five Blue States Could Determine Who Controls The House In 2018
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018
Is Anyone In The NBA Not Injured?
How Much Sugar Would It Take To Get A Rocket To The Moon?
This Is How The Eagles Coaching Staff Brought Nick Foles To The Super Bowl
The Patriots Defense Needs 30 Minutes To Figure Out How To Beat You
What Happened To The Democratic Wave?
James Harden’s 60-Point Triple-Double Pushed The Boxscore To Its Limit
Beside The Points For Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018
Texas Dislikes Trump, But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Go Blue In 2018
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 2, 2018
Will The Grasshopper Land In Your Yard?
Why Almost No Lead Feels Safe Against Tom Brady
Why The Nunes Memo Probably Won’t Do What Trump Wants It To
Sneaky Stats That Could Decide The Super Bowl
No City Needs A Championship As Badly As Philadelphia
What Went Down In Super Bowl LII
America May Finally Be Ready To Fix Its Infrastructure. Too Bad The Timing Stinks.
The Eagles’ Offense Needed To Be Virtually Flawless. And It Was.
Beside The Points For Monday, Feb. 5, 2018
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 5, 2018
How The Eagles Went From Catastrophe To Champion In Two Years
Could A Stock Market Downturn Tank Trump’s Approval Rating?
Politics Podcast: Has Trump Remade The GOP?
Americans Haven’t Changed Their Mind Much On Abortion, But They Have On Other ‘Cultural’ Issues
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018
The 2018 Gubernatorial Map Favors Democrats
Michael Beasley Is Instant Offense, But He’s Stuck Being An NBA Nomad
Screw It — Let’s Debate Some Hypothetical LeBron Trades
Who Should Be More Freaked Out About The Economy — Trump Or The Democrats?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018
Jeff Sessions Is Trying To Take Criminal Justice Back To The 1990s
NHL Players Aren’t At The Olympics. So Who Are These Guys?
20 Years Of Congress’s Budget Procrastination, In One Chart
The Shutdown Lesson People Seem To Have Trouble Learning
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018
White Democrats Have Gotten Way More Liberal On Identity Issues
The Cavs Fixed Some Big Problems. Will It Be Enough?
Beside The Points For Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018
Which Winter Olympic Sport Is Best For You?
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 9, 2018
Will Your Picture Frame Come Crashing To The Floor?
Our Data
Why The Cavaliers Blew It All Up At The Trade Deadline
Why Democrats And Republicans Did A Sudden 180 On The FBI
Why Tennessee — The Men! — Could Easily Get A No. 1 Seed
The 7 Governorships Republicans Could Pick Up This Year
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance
Beside The Points For Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
Yu Darvish Makes The Cubs A Top-Tier Team Again
Which Winter Olympic Sports See The Most Wipeouts?
Politics Podcast: What’s So Wrong With Nancy Pelosi?
Americans Want Prison Reform. But Does Trump?
The Path To A Bipartisan Immigration Bill
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018
Harry Kane Is Making His Case For World’s Best Striker
The Economy Is Soaring, And Now So Is The Deficit. That’s A Bad Combination.
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018
Tips To Improve Your Relationship, Courtesy Of International Relations
What If Men And Women Skied Against Each Other In The Olympics?
St. John’s Is On The Most Unlikely Hot Streak In College Basketball History
How To Find The Best Soccer Matches Of The Week
From Where I Sit, The Trump Era Began In 2014
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018
Can The NBA All-Star Game Be Fixed?
The Dutch Own A Single Sport Like No Other Country In The Winter Olympics
The Thunder Are Falling Apart Without Andre Roberson
Can Anything Stop Romney From Winning Utah’s Senate Seat?
Beside The Points For Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018
5 Questions To Ask Every Time Someone Leaves The Trump Administration
Republicans Are Coming Home To Trump
Who Will Survive The Dodgeball Duel?
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 16, 2018
The U.S. Stunk At The Winter Olympics Until Extreme Sports Came Along
‘Black Panther’ Is Groundbreaking, But It’s Shuri Who Could Change The World
Emergency Politics Podcast: Lots More Indictments In Mueller’s Russia Investigation
The Russia Investigation Is Moving Really Freaking Fast
How Much Did Russian Interference Affect The 2016 Election?
The U.S. Is On Pace For A Lousy Olympics
How The Media Bungled The John Kelly Story
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018
Pennsylvania’s New Map Helps Democrats. But It’s Not A Democratic Gerrymander.
Oscars 2018: Here Are Our Final Predictions
The Disappointment Continues For Team USA
Politics Podcast: The Gun Debate
Does America Want A Third Party? (Or Is It Just David Brooks?)
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018
Putin’s Russia Just Can’t Seem To Win Olympic Hockey Gold
It’s One Thing For Trump To Like Uranium. It’s Another For Him To Save It.
The 18 (!) Governorships Democrats Could Pick Up This Year
Significant Digits For Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
The Big Questions We Have About NBA Contenders After The All-Star Break
Would Adam Silver’s Playoff Proposal Be Good For The NBA?
Why Trump Isn’t Taking Democrats’ Offer For A Wall
Beside The Points For Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018
Even Dictators Like Kim Jong Un Need To Keep Some People Happy
How Happy Should Joe Biden Be About His Lead In 2020 Democratic Primary Polls?
Can You Rescue The Paratroopers?
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
Behold The Most Prestigious Prize In Hollywood: The John C. Reilly Award
America Loves Curling — Until It Forgets About It For Four Years
Mueller Had Another Busy Week
This Year’s Super Bad Flu Season In 20 Maps
How Gun Laws Could Change Even If Republicans Don’t Embrace Restrictions
Could The Supreme Court Really Bust Public-Sector Unions?
Significant Digits For Monday, Feb. 26, 2018