2018 (1,580 entries)

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 Aren’t My Vitamin D Supplements Raising My Vitamin D Levels? [video]
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? [video]
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?
Do The Eagles Stand A Chance Without Carson Wentz? [video]
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?
Uh, How Does Gerrymandering Work Again? [video]
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 Gerrymandering My Fault? [video]
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 [video]
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? [video]
The Atlas Of Redistricting [project]
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
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 [video]
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 [video]
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
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
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? [project]
Significant Digits For Friday, Feb. 9, 2018
Will Your Picture Frame Come Crashing To The Floor?
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
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
Beside The Points For Monday, Feb. 26, 2018
A Decent Second Week Saved The U.S. From Olympic Catastrophe
Politics Podcast: A Turning Point In The Guns Debate?
Why Dozens Of Mass Shootings Didn’t Change Americans’ Minds On Guns
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
The DOJ Wants To Stop Drug Sales On The Dark Web, But That’s A Tough Task
What’s The Worst Best Original Song In Oscar History?
Should The GOP Move To The Middle To Keep The House?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 6 Stories This Month
Henrik Lundqvist Deserves Better Than The Rangers
The Midterms Could Set Trump On A Path Toward Impeachment
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 1, 2018
What The Hope Hicks Resignation Could Mean For Trump
The Race To The Bottom Of The NBA
Meet The Golfer Who Could Smash The PGA Tour Driving Record
We X-Rayed Some MLB Baseballs. Here’s What We Found.
The People Who Ran The Oscars Were Almost Exclusively Men For Decades. That’s Changing.
Beside The Points For Thursday, March 1, 2018
The State Of Senate Democrats In Trumpland Is …
How Long Will You Shuffle This Damn Deck Of Cards?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 2, 2018
Which NBA Team Is Wronged By The Refs The Most?
How Trump And Race Are Splitting Evangelicals
Five Senators Want To Know Why The FBI Hasn’t Restored Missing Crime Data
Why Did It Take So Long For The Oscars To Nominate A Female Cinematographer?
The Last 60 Years Of Oscar Nominations In One Chart
Presidential Ratings Are Flawed. Which Makes It Hard To Assess Trump.
Significant Digits For Monday, March 5, 2018
How Our Oscar Predictions Did
Beside The Points For Monday, March 5, 2018
We Talk Curling And Stats With The Guys Who Won The Gold
Politics Podcast: Does Trump’s Mood Matter?
Are The Trail Blazers For Real?
How Things Could Go Wrong For Republicans In Mississippi’s New Senate Race
People Are Paying Thousands Of Dollars To Own Pictures Of Pepe The Frog
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 6, 2018
What If Online Movie Ratings Weren’t Based Almost Entirely On What Men Think?
PSG And Real Madrid Weren’t Supposed To Have This Many Problems
The States Where Democrats Are Overperforming Most — And Least — In Special Elections
The Raptors’ Bench Is Destroying The NBA
The Raptors’ Bench Is Destroying The NBA [video]
Why Do Americans Hate The Media?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Four Reasons That Gary Cohn’s White House Resignation Is Different
Why Denver’s Gary Harris Could Be The Next Kawhi Leonard
The Blockchain Is Just Another Way To Make Art All About Money
The Ridiculousness Of Conference Tournament Locations, In 6 Maps
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 8, 2018
How To Break Your Phone Addiction
The Economy Is Keeping ‘Reluctant’ Trump Voters With Him
The NBA’s Wild, Wild Western Conference Playoffs Race
Is Showboating Hurting The Warriors?
Beside The Points For Thursday, March 8, 2018
How The Pennsylvania Special Election Could Matter To Trump And Pelosi
Are You The Perfect Yahtzee Player?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 9, 2018
Making Sense Of Trump’s Two Big Moves On North Korea And Tariffs
The Phillies Rebuilt Like The Cubs And Astros. Can They Win Like Them?
2018 March Madness Predictions [project]
How Our March Madness Predictions Work
How Our March Madness Predictions Work [methodology]
How To Build A Bracket For This Wide-Open NCAA Tournament
Trump Is In A Worse Position With North Korea Than Obama Was At The Start Of The Iran Talks
Watch The Pennsylvania 18th Special Election Like A Pro
Significant Digits For Monday, March 12, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, March 12, 2018
The Team That Signs Kirk Cousins Should Also Invest In Tight Ends
Politics Podcast: The Most Special Special Election Yet
Tariffs Can Work — When They’re Part Of A Plan
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 13, 2018
This May Be The Best UConn Team Ever
Penn Is History’s Best No. 16 Seed. Can It Pull Off The NCAA Tournament’s Greatest Upset?
Tillerson’s Departure Adds To Trump’s Historic Levels Of Cabinet Instability
What Firing Rex Tillerson Could Mean For Trump — And The World
Emergency Politics Podcast: Tillerson’s Out. What Now?
Ben Simmons Only Shoots From Way Uptown [video]
Even After 22 Trillion Digits, We’re Still No Closer To The End Of Pi
The Pennsylvania 18th Result Tells Us What Everything Has Been Telling Us For A While
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 14, 2018
These Researchers Have Been Trying To Stop School Shootings For 20 Years
The Tournament’s Most Likely First-Round Upsets
The ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Could Turn A Democratic Wave Into A Tsunami
The GOP Should Be Freaking Out, Pennsylvania Edition
What’s The Right Way To Interpret The Pennsylvania Special Election?
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 15, 2018
Want To Know Who Will Win During March Madness? Go Back To The Preseason Polls.
What The Former Cavs GM Thinks About These New-Look Cavs
Losing An NCAA Tournament Game From Every Seed Isn’t Easy, But These Schools Are Trying
Tariffs And Bank Regulations Are Splitting Both Parties In The Lead-Up To The Midterms
What Stephen Hawking Taught Me
Beside The Points For Thursday, March 15, 2018
Americans Are Partisan About Everything — Even Sex Scandals
Can You Do Math With Shapes?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 16, 2018
Can Anyone Knock UConn Out This Year? [video]
What It’s Like To Watch #MeToo When It Is You, Too
How UMBC Did The Unthinkable — And The Inevitable
Everyone Tries To Dodge The Tax Man, And It Keeps Getting Easier
Significant Digits For Monday, March 19, 2018
This Year’s Sweet 16 Is Downright Odd
Beside The Points For Monday, March 19, 2018
It’s Never Too Early For Gregg Popovich To Call A Timeout
A Million Children Didn’t Show Up In The 2010 Census. How Many Will Be Missing In 2020?
Politics Podcast: What If Trump Fires Mueller?
Chief Justice Roberts Is Reshaping The First Amendment
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Are We Seeing The Start Of A Liberal Tea Party?
Everyone’s Talking About Tiger, But Phil Mickelson Is Playing The Best Golf Of His Career
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 21, 2018
James Harden Is Still Drawing 3-Point Fouls Better Than Entire NBA Teams [video]
Anyone Can Now Take This Breast Cancer Gene Test, But It Probably Won’t Tell You Much
Why Can’t The Rockets Be The Warriors?
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 22, 2018
The Utah Jazz Might Just Be For Real
Who’s The Best At Coaching In The NCAA Men’s Tournament?
Who Should Pay For Climate Change?
Why Gonzaga, Not Kentucky, May Be The Tournament’s Luckiest Team
Beside The Points For Thursday, March 22, 2018
Religious Democrats, Young Republicans: What The Stereotypes Miss About Both Parties
Can You Shuffle Numbers? Can You Find All The World Cup Results?
Trump Is Bringing In Loyalists And Getting Rid Of Critics
Significant Digits For Friday, March 23, 2018
The Pacers Are Bucking Every NBA Trend. And It’s Working.
What Trump’s Hiring Of John Bolton Could Mean For The Iran Agreement
Claiming Executive Privilege To Avoid Mueller Could Backfire For Trump
Significant Digits For Monday, March 26, 2018
Everything You Need To Know About The Final Four
Beside The Points For Monday, March 26, 2018
How The Warriors Should Adjust Their Offense Without Steph Curry
Politics Podcast: How Should The Media Cover Stormy Daniels’s Story?
The Trouble With Quitting Facebook Is That We Like Facebook
Significant Digits For Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Student Loans Are Too Expensive To Forgive
Your Guide To The 2018 American League
An American Will Play For The World Chess Championship
Carmelo Anthony Is Having His Worst Season, But The Thunder Don’t Seem To Mind [video]
How To Win A Trade War
Will Stormy Daniels’s Allegations Turn Into A Full-Fledged Trump Scandal?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, March 28, 2018
How Our MLB Predictions Work
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our MLB Predictions Work [methodology]
Your Guide To The 2018 National League
Gun Policy Is Already Changing In The Wake Of Parkland
Significant Digits For Thursday, March 29, 2018
Why Did The Supreme Court Hear A Second Gerrymandering Case?
Which Injury Will Affect The NBA Playoffs Most?
The Census’s New Citizenship Question Could Hurt Communities That Are Already Undercounted
There’s Still No Such Thing As Sound Science
How A Massachusetts Republican Became One Of America’s Most Popular Politicians
How Often Will You Play A Nightmare Game Of Solitaire?
Significant Digits For Friday, March 30, 2018
Politics Podcast: What The Cambridge Analytica Story Is Really About
Kansas Is The Only Final Four Team Playing Modern Basketball
Women Aren’t Always Sentenced By The Book. And Maybe They Shouldn’t Be.
There Is More At Stake In The Census’s Citizenship Question Than Response Rates
Be Skeptical Of Anyone Who Tells You They Know How Democrats Can Win In November
Significant Digits For Monday, April 2, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, April 2, 2018
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 5 Stories Last Month
More Americans Are Dying From Suicide, Drug Use And Diarrhea
The Only Opponent Villanova Has Left Is History
Significant Digits For Tuesday, April 3, 2018
A Fast Fastball Isn’t Enough Anymore
We Let Our Readers Practice International Trade. They Started A Bunch Of Trade Wars.
Does It Matter That The Sixers’ Best Players Have No Playoff Experience? [video]
Politics Podcast: Let’s Play Family Feud!
What Issues Should Democrats Ignore In 2018?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Tiger’s Back. But He’s Not The Same.
Everyone You Should Watch At The Masters Not Named Tiger Or Phil
A Crackdown On Drug Dealers Is Also A Crackdown On Drug Users
Significant Digits For Thursday, April 5, 2018
Are The Toronto Raptors Finally Eastern Conference Favorites?
Should The Devils’ One-Man Machine Be The NHL MVP?
How Losing Kyrie Irving Affects The Celtics’ Playoff Run
Can We Just Enjoy Nikola Jokic For A Minute?
Beside The Points For Thursday, April 5, 2018
The Diversity Of Black Political Views
When Will The Arithmetic Anarchists Attack?
Significant Digits For Friday, April 6, 2018
Just How Much Does Tiger Affect TV Ratings For The Masters?
The Moscow Midterms
Significant Digits For Monday, April 9, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, April 9, 2018
Shohei Ohtani’s Splitter Is What Makes Him Truly Great
Emergency Politics Podcast: FBI Raids Trump’s Lawyer’s Office
What We Know And Don’t Know About Election Hacking
Significant Digits For Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Pay Gap Is Way Too Entrenched To Be Solved By Women Alone
Yankees vs. Red Sox Is Going To Be Epic This Season
Politics Podcast: Will Trump Keep Pruitt?
LeBron James Is The New Steph Curry
What Would Happen If Trump Fired Mueller? Or Rosenstein? Or Sessions?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Paul Ryan Gave Up One Of The Most Powerful Jobs In Politics. It Totally Makes Sense.
The Predators Don’t Need An Ovechkin Or A Crosby
Paul Ryan’s Retirement Makes His District — And The Whole House — More Competitive
Emergency Politics Podcast: Paul Ryan Is Moving On And So Is His Party
Where Blue-Collar America Is Strongest
Significant Digits For Thursday, April 12, 2018
If Pruitt Gets Fired, Liberals And Conservatives Could Both End Up Disappointed
Congress Needs To Understand Facebook Before Dealing With It
The NBA Playoffs’ Sleepers, Favorites And Best First-Round Matchups
The Rockets Lead The Way In The West
Democrats’ Chances Of Winning The Senate Are Looking Stronger
Can You Find The Perfect Poker Hand? Can You Shut This Infernal Box?
Significant Digits For Friday, April 13, 2018
Beside The Points For Friday, April 13, 2018
Are The Toronto Raptors The True No. 1 Team In The East?
How The Timberwolves Broke Their Playoff Drought
How The Timberwolves Broke Their Playoff Drought [video]
Here’s What Will Decide The Thunder-Jazz Series
If Justice Kennedy Retires, His Replacement Could Undermine His Legacy
Significant Digits For Monday, April 16, 2018
Trump Wants To Protect Police, But The Government Is Missing A Big Problem: Suicides
Beside The Points For Monday, April 16, 2018
How Ben Simmons And The Sixers Are Outsmarting Defenders
OK, Should The Cavs Start To Worry Now?
Can The Mets Possibly Be This Good?
This Year’s Boston Marathon Was Sloooooowww
Politics Podcast: James Comey Has A Lot To Say. Is Any Of It New?
We Need A Better Way To Talk About ‘Sexual Misconduct’
Significant Digits For Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Is Comey Helping Or Hurting #TheResistance?
Mike Trout Finally Has Some Help
Significant Digits For Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Space Communications Are Stuck In The Dial-Up Age. Which Means It’s Time For More Lasers.
New Orleans’s Breakout Star Was Always There
Everyone Wants To Go Home During Extra Innings — Maybe Even The Umps
What Does Invoking The 25th Amendment Actually Look Like?
Significant Digits For Thursday, April 19, 2018
Who Built The First House? And What Even Is A House?
Something’s Gotta Give In The NBA’s 1-1 Playoff Series
The FBI Restored Its Missing Crime Data
Eli Manning Deserves Better
Beside The Points For Thursday, April 19, 2018
Republicans And Democrats Should Be Worried About 2020
How To Cross The Street
Significant Digits For Friday, April 20, 2018
Players Have Crowned A New Best Board Game — And It May Be Tough To Topple
The Way Everybody Measures NFL Schedule Strength? It’s Wrong.
Watch The Arizona 8th Special Election Like A Pro
Significant Digits For Monday, April 23, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, April 23, 2018
The Eastern Conference Playoffs Are All About Grudge Matches
The Nationals, Yankees, Dodgers And Cubs Can’t Possibly Be This Mediocre … Right?
Politics Podcast: Should Ted Cruz Actually Be Worried?
The Five Types Of Nicolas Cage Movies
Significant Digits For Tuesday, April 24, 2018
What To Watch As The Bucks-Celtics Matchup Goes Down To The Wire
What Does It Take To Flip A State From Red To Blue (Or Blue To Red)?
Another Special Election, Another Really Bad Sign For The GOP
Significant Digits For Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Here’s Why Drafting Saquon Barkley Could Be A Mistake
What If Tariffs Cost Trump The Farm Vote?
Significant Digits For Thursday, April 26, 2018
How The Pelicans Swept Through Round 1 Of The Playoffs [video]
The ‘Blind Side’ Era is Over At The NFL Draft
Why Saying Paul Ryan And Donald Trump Belong To Different Parties Is Kinda Wrong
Can The Thunder Keep Their Comeback Rolling?
Beside The Points For Thursday, April 26, 2018
Significant Digits For Friday, April 27, 2018
The Georgia Primary Offers A Preview Of Democrats’ 2020 Fault Lines
How Fast Can You Type A Million Letters?
Ovechkin Is The Best Player To Never Make A Conference Final
There Is Absolutely, Positively, No Way LeBron Can Keep This Up …
Should We Trust Michael Cohen If He Flips On Trump?
Significant Digits For Monday, April 30, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, April 30, 2018
This Year’s MLB Tankfest Is Epic (And Maybe Pointless)
Could The 76ers Actually Make The Finals?
Politics Podcast: How Much Trouble Is Joe Manchin In?
Democrats’ Horrible 2018 Senate Map Couldn’t Have Come At A Better Time
Significant Digits For Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 6 Stories Last Month
Liverpool Can End English Soccer’s Cycle Of Embarrassment
Should Trump Answer Mueller’s Questions?
That Raptors Meltdown Was Mind-Boggling
Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Does Medicaid Expansion Have A Shot In A State As Red As Idaho?
West Virginia’s Joe Manchin Is Vulnerable. But Will The GOP Blow Its Chance?
Significant Digits For Thursday, May 3, 2018
You Can’t Opt Out Of Sharing Your Data, Even If You Didn’t Opt In
Age Played A Bigger Role In The NFL Draft. It’s About Time.
Can Donovan Mitchell Lead The Jazz Past The Rockets?
The Braves Got Hot Fast, And They Might Stay That Way
Beside The Points For Thursday, May 3, 2018
Support For Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t Unanimous
Significant Digits For Friday, May 4, 2018
Pirates, Monkeys And Coconuts — Oh My
Nearly Half The Kentucky Derby Field Is Racing Against A Half-Brother
Politics Podcast: The Rudy Giuliani Rampage
Albert Pujols Mashed His Way To 3,000 Hits
What’s At Stake In The First Big Primary Day Of 2018
Significant Digits For Monday, May 7, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, May 7, 2018
Trump Isn’t Playing 3D Chess — He’s Playing Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe
Somehow Rafael Nadal Got Better On Clay
We’re Hiring An MLB Writer
Internal Polls Are Usually Bunk
Politics Podcast: Primary Season Gets Into Full Swing
President Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Steady. Richard Nixon’s Once Was Too.
Significant Digits For Tuesday, May 8, 2018
We’re Hiring A Politics Editor
We’re Hiring An Elections Writer/Analyst
Trump’s Move On Iran Could Unravel A Signature Obama Achievement
These Aren’t Your Regular-Season Cavs
What Went Down In The May 8 Primary Elections [liveblog]
Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 9, 2018
More Than 300,000 People From Disaster-Struck Countries Will Soon Lose Temporary Protection In The U.S.
Marc-Andre Fleury Is Having One Of The Best Playoffs In NHL History
Will Impeachment Talk Affect The Midterms?
We’re Hiring An NFL Writer
Pardoning Michael Cohen This Early In The Mueller Investigation Could Be Trouble For Trump
Significant Digits For Thursday, May 10, 2018
Is Winning The Players Championship As Hard As Winning A Major?
Brad Stevens Makes The Celtics Better Than They Have Any Right To Be
Politics Podcast: NYT’s Amy Chozick On How The Media Covered Hillary Clinton
The Conference Finals Are Exciting — And Weird
Beside The Points For Thursday, May 10, 2018
Why Obama vs. Trump Is Such A Blowout
How Hard Is It To Find A Running Buddy?
Significant Digits For Friday, May 11, 2018
Why Is Water Slippery?
Missouri’s Claire McCaskill Has Been Savvy And Lucky — Can She Do It Again?
Significant Digits For Monday, May 14, 2018
I Faced Off Against The World’s Best Chess Player. You Will Totally Believe What Happened Next.
The Warriors And Rockets Have Reinvented Modern NBA Defense. Yes, Defense.
Beside The Points For Monday, May 14, 2018
Politics Podcast: Partisanship Is A Hell Of A Drug
This Week’s Primary Briefing: Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Idaho And Oregon
Significant Digits For Tuesday, May 15, 2018
The National League Finally Is Getting Some Interleague Revenge
What We Learned From The First Games Of The NBA Conference Finals
Say Goodbye To The Old NBA Draft Lottery — But Probably Not To Tanking
How Shoddy Statistics Found A Home In Sports Research
The #Resistance Had A Very Good Night
Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 16, 2018
It’s Time For A New 2020 Democratic Primary Draft!
The NBA Playoffs Are Finally Getting Faster
The Midwest Is Getting Drenched, And It’s Causing Big Problems
Significant Digits For Thursday, May 17, 2018
How Mueller’s First Year Compares To Watergate, Iran-Contra And Whitewater
The Cavs Live And Die By The Three
Politics Podcast: A Democratic Squabble In Texas
Beside The Points For Thursday, May 17, 2018
Significant Digits For Friday, May 18, 2018
Very Few Voters Actually Read Trump’s Tweets
Humans Are Dumb At Figuring Out How Smart Animals Are
The Supreme Court Made It Easier For More People To Place Bad Sports Bets
Why The NBA Abandoned Roy Hibbert
Primary Briefing: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky And Texas
Significant Digits For Monday, May 21, 2018
Beside The Points For Monday, May 21, 2018
Is The Vegas Golden Knights’ Run As Amazing As Leicester City’s?
Searching For Meaning In All These NBA Blowouts
Politics Podcast: A Year Of Mueller
How Harmful — Or Helpful — Are E-Cigarettes, Anyway?
The Cavs Are Back. And No One Should Be Surprised.
Significant Digits For Tuesday, May 22, 2018
What Happens If Republicans Keep Control Of The House And Senate?
Should The GOP Force Paul Ryan Out Early?
What Went Down In Tuesday’s Southern Primaries
Houston Took The Warriors’ Best Punch — And Survived
Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 23, 2018
J.D. Martinez Doesn’t Need The Green Monster
Forget Norms. Our Democracy Depends On Values.
Not Even LeBron Could Overcome The Celtics’ Home-Court Magic
Significant Digits For Thursday, May 24, 2018
Trump’s Handling Of North Korea Has Been One Of The Few Things Americans Liked About His Presidency
How Liverpool Built A Potential Champion
LeBron Is Tired. The Rockets May Soon Be Too.
When Trump Should Start Worrying About A 2020 Primary Challenger
Significant Digits For Friday, May 25, 2018
Can Stacey Abrams Really Turn Georgia Blue?
The Warriors’ Worst Habits Are Coming Back To Haunt Them
Who’s The Best Formula One Driver Of All Time?
LeBron’s Legend Didn’t Need Reinforcing, But He Did It Anyway
How The Warriors Unleashed Klay Thompson
This Eastern Conference Crown Is Truly LeBron’s Masterpiece
A Half-Day Of Diversity Training Won’t Change Much For Starbucks
Significant Digits For Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog — By Design
The Odds Of The Rockets Missing That Many Threes? 1 In 72,000.
Here We Go Again: The Cavaliers And Warriors, Part IV
Politics Podcast: Things Are Looking Worse For The Democrats
What Would Happen If Trump Fired Rosenstein?
Why Kevin Durant’s Shoes Keep Falling Off
Significant Digits For Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The Polls Are All Right
Women’s Tennis Has Never Been This Wide Open
Six Key Stats On The Warriors vs. Cavs Re-Re-Rematch
Which Pollsters To Trust In 2018
Significant Digits For Thursday, May 31, 2018
Politics Podcast: A Conversation About Our Pollster Ratings
State Websites Are Hackable — And That Could Compromise Election Security
The Caps And Knights Might Have The Least Experienced Stanley Cup Final Rosters Ever
Why Trump Is Likely To Keep Talking About The NFL Protests
Significant Digits For Friday, June 1, 2018
When Will Your House Collapse? Should You Take A Construction Contract?
Everything Was Strange About Game 1 — Except The JR Smith Gaffe
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 4 Stories Last Month
What Else Does LeBron Need To Do?
The Secret To Nadal’s Dominance On Clay
Why California Hasn’t Moved On From Dianne Feinstein
The Early Races To Watch On The Biggest Primary Day Of 2018
Steph Curry Is Running Circles Around The Cavs’ Defense
Significant Digits For Monday, June 4, 2018
Media Reports About The Death Toll In Puerto Rico Are Needlessly Confusing
The Cavs Aren’t Even Playing That Badly
Politics Podcast: The Super Tuesday Of Primary Season
The Late Races To Watch On The Biggest Primary Day Of 2018
California’s Jungle Primary Might Screw Over Both Parties
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The 2018 Brewers Sure Look A Lot Like The 2015 Royals
What Went Down In The June 5 Primary Elections [liveblog]
Sometimes The Parties Do Decide, After All
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Uruguay Got The World Cup’s Ultimate Prize: Russia’s Group
All Politics Is National Because All Media Is National
Politics Podcast: A Primary Night For Both Parties To Be Happy About
Would You Rather Be An Outfielder For The A’s Or A Quarterback For The Sooners?
How The Supreme Court Could End Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering This Month
Kevin Durant Is Golden State’s Terrifying Plan B
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 7, 2018
Can Morocco Squeeze Past Spain Or Portugal?
Alex Ovechkin Is Finally Getting Help
Is Kevin Durant The Finals MVP?
A ‘Great’ And ‘Excellent’ Economy Isn’t Making Trump Popular
Significant Digits For Friday, June 8, 2018
Are There Clues About The 2020 Democratic Primary In 2018’s Contests?
The Case Of The Smudged Secret Message
How Early Is Too Early To Get A Colon Screening?
France’s Group-Stage Tuneup Will Tell Us Whether It’s A Contender
How Much Should LeBron’s Finals Record Hurt His Legacy?
The Warriors’ Dynasty Is Different
After Tuesday’s Summit, Trump And North Korea Will Be Playing A Whole New Game
Primary Briefing: Virginia, Nevada, South Carolina, North Dakota
Significant Digits For Monday, June 11, 2018
Argentina Is The Team To Beat In Group D, But Can Messi (Finally) Win The Tournament?
Are The Warriors Now The NBA’s Greatest Dynasty?
How The NBA Finals Solidified The Warriors’ Legacy — And LeBron’s
Politics Podcast: Trump Meets Kim
Maine Is Trying Out A New Way To Run Elections. But Will It Survive The Night?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 12, 2018
How To Interpret Trump And Kim’s Summit In Singapore
Brazil Got A Lot Better Since The Last World Cup
Mexico May Need To Beat Germany To Have Hope — Good Luck With That
What Went Down In The June 12 Primary Elections [liveblog]
Will Voters Give Trump Credit For North Korea?
2018 World Cup Predictions [project]
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 13, 2018
How Our 2018 World Cup Predictions Work
Belgium And England Headline The World Cup’s Most Lopsided Group
A World Cup Sleeper May Be Lurking In Group H
Jordan Spieth Forgot How To Putt
The 2018 World Cup: Favorites, Sleepers And Most Pivotal Games
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 14, 2018
Nuclear Power Won’t Survive Without A Government Handout
Let’s Talk About Identity And Politics
Emergency Politics Podcast: The Inspector General’s Report Is In
How Trump’s Popularity Is Holding Up, By State
Significant Digits For Friday, June 15, 2018
How Many Phones Do You Need To Win HQ Trivia?
The 500-Page Inspector General’s Report In 900 Words
Messi Walks Better Than Most Players Run
The Russia Investigation Isn’t Less Popular — It’s Just More Polarizing
Significant Digits For Monday, June 18, 2018
Can This New Crop Of Players Erase England’s Underachieving Past?
The Next Phase Of NBA Superteam Technology: Creating One From Scratch
The Supreme Court Isn’t Done With Gerrymandering Yet
Politics Podcast: The (Partisan) Politics Of Immigration
What Is Really Behind Trump’s Controversial Immigration Policies?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 19, 2018
You’ve Been Arrested. Will You Get Bail? Can You Pay It? It May All Depend On Your Judge.
Separating Families At The Border Is Really Unpopular
What Do Men Think It Means To Be A Man?
Doug Jones Thinks He’s Supposed To Be Here
Can Trump Use Hard-Line Immigration Policies To Turn Out GOP Voters?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Who Is In The Most Trouble: Brazil, Germany Or Argentina?
Europe And South America Are Growing In Soccer Power — That Wasn’t Supposed To Happen
The Most Promising Players In The NBA Draft According To My Computer
If The NBA Is Going Small, Why Are This Year’s Prospects Tall?
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 21, 2018
Driving? Your Phone Is A Distraction Even If You Aren’t Looking At It
Why Rank-And-File Evangelicals Aren’t Likely To Turn On Trump Over Family Separation
Injuries And Underperformance Couldn’t Keep The Dodgers Down
Spying Doesn’t Pay — Unless You’re Really Good At It
An Updated Look At The Race For The Senate
Significant Digits For Friday, June 22, 2018
The Riddler’s Inaugural Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournament
Russia Is Not This Good — Right?
Why The Republican Party Elects So Few Women
Significant Digits For Monday, June 25, 2018
Science Wants Your Data
The Sleepers To Watch In The World Cup Knockout Rounds
Politics Podcast: Trump Won’t Stop Talking About Immigration
Four Key Questions Today’s Primaries Will Help Answer
Significant Digits For Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans. Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.
CARMELO NBA Player Projections [project]
The U.S. Border Is Just One Of The Places Where Central Americans Seek Refuge
Our NBA Player Projections Are Ready For 2018-19
A Big Upset, Trump’s Endorsement And More From The June 26 Primaries [liveblog]
Significant Digits For Wednesday, June 27, 2018
What Are These Civility Arguments Really About?
Which Justices Were BFFs This Supreme Court Term
We Timed Every Game. World Cup Stoppage Time Is Wildly Inaccurate.
Germany Flamed Out In Spectacular, Historic Fashion
A Flawed Statistical Method Was Just Banned From A Major Sports Science Journal
Emergency Politics Podcast: Trump’s Chance To Reshape The Supreme Court
John Roberts Will Probably Be The Supreme Court’s Next Swing Justice
Will Any Republicans Vote Against Trump’s Eventual Supreme Court Pick?
Will Kennedy’s Retirement Help Republicans At The Midterms?
Significant Digits For Thursday, June 28, 2018
The LeBron James Decision-Making Machine
Kennedy’s Retirement Puts Moderate Democrats In A Bind
Latest Polls [project]
Politics Podcast: What Does Ocasio-Cortez’s Win Tell Us About The Democratic Party?
The Democrat Is Up Big In Arizona’s Senate Race — For Now
50 Years Of World Cup Doppelgangers [project]
Significant Digits For Friday, June 29, 2018
What Are The Odds World Cup Teams Play Each Other Twice?
Which 2018 Stars Are Doing The Best Impressions Of Pele, Maradona And Zidane?
Saturday’s Special Election In Texas Could Be A Good Sign For The GOP … Or Not
CARMELO NBA Player Projections [project]
How Good Will The Lakers Be With LeBron?
Psychologists Looked In The Mirror … And Saw A Bunch Of Liberals
Significant Digits For Monday, July 2, 2018
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 6 Stories Last Month
LeBron May Already Be The Greatest Laker Of All-Time
Politics Podcast: How Conservative Can Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Be?
Justice Kennedy Wasn’t A Moderate
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The Warriors Are Making A Mockery Of The NBA Salary Cap
Trump Says ‘Abolish ICE’ Is Bad Politics For Democrats. Is He Right?
Young Women Could Redefine The Women’s Vote
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 5, 2018
John Roberts Has Cast A Pivotal Liberal Vote Only 5 Times
Make No Mistake: Brazil Is Dominating This World Cup
The World Cup Players Who Step Up Most For Their Countries
With Pruitt’s Departure, More Than A Quarter Of Trump’s Cabinet Has Changed
Significant Digits For Friday, July 6, 2018
We’re Divided On Patriotism Too
How Fast Can You Deliver PB&Js? How Many Meerkats Can Survive?
England Can Get Even Better. And It Will Need To.
Pruitt Was Friendly To The Energy Industry. His Replacement Was Paid By It.
How Four Potential Nominees Would Change The Supreme Court
How The World Cup Semifinalists Match Up
Significant Digits For Monday, July 9, 2018
Politics Podcast: How Will The Fight Against Gerrymandering Change Now That Kennedy Is Retiring?
How Brett Kavanaugh Would Change The Supreme Court
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 10, 2018
The Abortion Debate Isn’t As Partisan As Politicians Make It Seem
France’s Benchwarmers Are Worth More Than Most Starting Lineups
World Cup 2018: France 1, Belgium 0 [liveblog]
When Federer Wins The First Point On Serve, It’s Usually Game Over
Politics Podcast: The Fight Over Kavanaugh Is Just Beginning
How Should Democrats And Republicans Approach The Kavanaugh Nomination?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 11, 2018
VAR Is Making Penalties Take Longer. Is This Icing The Kickers?
What The Bork And Thomas Confirmation Fights Tell Us About Kavanaugh
World Cup 2018: Croatia 2, England 1 [liveblog]
How France And Croatia Made It To The World Cup Final, In One Chart
The Angels Want Ohtani On The Field This Year. Will That Cost Them Later?
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 12, 2018
Would Asking People To Hack America’s Election Systems Make Them More Safe?
DACA Remains In Jeopardy, But Thousands Of People Are Still Enrolling
Manny Machado Picked A Great Time To Have His Best Season
Is Trump Fueling Republicans’ Concerns About NATO, Or Echoing Them?
Significant Digits For Friday, July 13, 2018
Can You Slice This In Half?
France Is Rich With Offense But Is Winning With Defense
This Might Be Serena Williams’s Easiest Grand Slam Path Ever (Not That She Needed The Help)
The Mueller Investigation Keeps Growing Fast
What The Latest Mueller Indictment Tells Us About Election Hacking
Emergency Politics Podcast: Mueller’s Latest Indictment Comes At A Charged Moment
World Cup 2018 Final: France vs. Croatia [liveblog]
France Is Only Going To Get Better
Significant Digits For Monday, July 16, 2018
Americans Know Where They Stand On The Mueller Investigation
Politics Podcast: The Trump And Putin Show
How Conservative Is Brett Kavanaugh?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Wildfires In The U.S. Are Getting Bigger
The Player Kylian Mbappe Really Plays Like
Who Needs A World Series? The Indians Are Dominating The All-Star Game
Would Republicans Be Better Off If Clinton Were President?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 18, 2018
How Liz Cambage Broke The WNBA’s Scoring Record
Is Manny Machado Enough To Bring A Title To L.A.?
Brett Kavanaugh Is Polling Like Robert Bork And Harriet Miers
The Kawhi Leonard Trade Was Odd And Inevitable
How Long Will The Supreme Court’s Conservative Bloc Survive?
I Believe That We Will Win … At Golf
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 19, 2018
What Climate Change Looks Like In 2018
How The Putin-Trump Press Conference Rates On Our Trump Opposition Scale
What Some Early, High-Quality Polls Can Tell Us About The Race For The House
Significant Digits For Friday, July 20, 2018
Damn The Torpedoes — Two Puzzles Ahead!
Can The Mariners Finally End Their Playoff Drought?
The Most Consistent Hitter In Baseball History
GOP Criticism Of Trump Is All Talk — But It Still Matters
Significant Digits For Monday, July 23, 2018
The Cubs Aren’t Just The Bryant-Rizzo Show Anymore
Politics Podcast: The Far Left And The Democratic Party
What The Rise Of Kamala Harris Tells Us About The Democratic Party
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 24, 2018
The Rockets Are Melo’s Best, Last Hope
Is The ‘Yoga Vote’ A Thing?
How Catholic Bishops Are Shaping Health Care In Rural America
Significant Digits For Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Trump Looks To Beat The GOP Establishment In Key Governors’ Races
Oh, You Won Your Ring On A Superteam? Big Deal 🙄
Here Are All The Republicans Retiring From Congress In 2018
Significant Digits For Thursday, July 26, 2018
Is Trump Facing Any Political Fallout For The Family Separation Crisis?
Your Tweets Are Somehow Worthy Of Scientific Study
The Good, The Bad And The WTF Of NBA Free Agency
How Every Governor Ranks According To ‘Popularity Above Replacement Governor’
Significant Digits For Friday, July 27, 2018
The Perfect Doodle Puzzle To Keep You Busy During Boring Meetings
The Best Formula One Driver Might Be A Guy Who Hasn’t Won Since 2013
Russians Are Targeting Private Election Companies, Too — And States Aren’t Doing Much About It
Significant Digits For Monday, July 30, 2018
When Is It Safe To Leave A Baseball Game?
Politics Podcast: Four Theories About The Trump-Russia Connection
How The Freedom Caucus Learned To Love Trump
Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Why We’re Sharing 3 Million Russian Troll Tweets
How MLB’s Tankathon Is Skewing The Trade Market
Why LeBron Can Say Whatever He Wants About Politics
Insurers Can Send Patients To Religious Hospitals That Restrict Reproductive Care
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
All The Things MLB Teams Did Wrong At The Trade Deadline
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 4 Stories Last Month
House Republicans Running For Higher Office Are Having A Tough Go Of It
Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018
Why Religious Health Care Restrictions Often Take Patients By Surprise
How The Pelicans Lost a Star But Became More Dangerous
The Case Against Screening For Thyroid Cancer
The Gender Gap Among Midterm Voters Looks Huge — Maybe Even Record-Breaking
Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 3, 2018
Why Democrats Elect Way More Women Than Republicans: Tennessee Edition
The Eternal Question: How Much Do These Apricots Weigh?
Alex Bregman Is The Star The Astros Didn’t Know They’d Need
Can Science Save Politics? Or Will Politics Ruin Science?
Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 6, 2018
Jimmy Garoppolo Is The NFL’s Most Expensive Lottery Ticket
Mike Trout Is The God Of WAR
Mike Trout Is The God Of WAR [video]
Primary Briefing: Missouri, Kansas, Michigan And Washington
Politics Podcast: Should The Press Respond To Trump’s Attacks?
Everything You Need To Know About The Ohio 12th Special Election
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018
Dave Dombrowski Fixed The Red Sox — But He Didn’t Do It Alone
What Went Down In The Ohio 12 Special Election [liveblog]
How Can Journalists Prove They’re Not The Enemy?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018
What Mattered Most In Ohio, Kansas And Tuesday’s Other Elections
We Gave You 3 Million Russian Troll Tweets. Here’s What You’ve Found So Far.
Tiger Woods Plays His Best In The Midwest
How Competitive Would New York 27 Be With Chris Collins On The Ballot?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
NASA Is Trying To Save Us From The Sun
Do Retread Coaches Like Jon Gruden Ever Work Out?
We Researched Hundreds Of Races. Here’s Who Democrats Are Nominating.
Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 10, 2018
Where On Earth Is The Riddler?
Who’s The Favorite And Who’s A Sleeper In The English Premier League?
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our Club Soccer Predictions Work [methodology]
Hacking The Electric Grid Is Damned Hard
Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 13, 2018
All Brooks Koepka Does Is Win Majors
Politics Podcast: Who Are Democrats Nominating?
Primary Briefing: Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota And Wisconsin
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
What Our Early NBA Projections Can Tell Us About Next Season
We Looked At Hundreds Of Endorsements. Here’s Who Democrats Are Listening To.
What Went Down In Tuesday’s Primaries [liveblog]
It’s So Freaking Hot. Now What?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
The NBA’s Small Guys Are Getting Bigger, And That’s Bad News For Isaiah Thomas
Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
The Backup QB Who Gets Paid A Lot To Never Play
How FiveThirtyEight’s House Model Works
25 Districts That Could Decide The House In 2018
Model Talk: Let’s Talk About The 2018 House Forecast
Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 17, 2018
The 5 Big Takeaways From Our House Forecast
Step 1: Game Theory. Step 2: ???? Step 3: Profit!
Jacob DeGrom Is Breaking The Cy Young Formula
Will Backing Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Help Or Hurt Red-State Democrats?
Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 20, 2018
The Browns’ Suckiness Defies Math And Reason
Primary Briefing: Alaska And Wyoming
Politics Podcast: Democrats Are Competing Everywhere
What We Know About Voter ID Laws
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018
The Problem With ‘Electability’
Cleveland Has Taken The Fly-Ball Revolution To The Next Level
Politics Podcast: What Do Cohen’s Plea And Manafort’s Verdict Mean For Trump?
Who’s The Biggest Threat To Trump’s Presidency?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
Election Update: How Our House Forecast Compares With The Experts’ Ratings
The Preseason Favorite Is A Good Bet To Lose The Super Bowl
The Chiefs’ New Quarterback Is Walking Into An Ideal Situation
Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018
Republicans Are Talking About Impeachment Way More Than Democrats
Election Update: Here Are 25 Districts Where Our Model And Other Experts Disagree
Politics Podcast: What Does It Mean To Be ‘Electable’?
Could A Libertarian Win A Senate Race This Year?
Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 24, 2018
How Many Hoops Will Kids Jump Through To Play Rock, Paper, Scissors?
The A’s Changed Baseball Once. They May Be Changing It Again.
John McCain Was A Maverick — And A Politician
What John McCain’s Death Means For The Senate
Is Trump’s Legitimacy At Risk?
Significant Digits For Monday, Aug. 27, 2018
If Le’Veon Bell Can’t Get Quarterback Money, What Running Back Can?
Politics Podcast: The Democrats And The Trump Impeachment Question
Primary Briefing: Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018
Baseball Positions Are Starting To Lose Their Meaning
What Went Down In Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma [liveblog]
Are Democrats Courting Chaos In 2020 By Limiting The Power Of Superdelegates?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018
The Premier League Is Finally Paying For Goalkeepers — But The Best Is Still A Bargain
Election Update: Check Out How The Forecast Works For All 435 House Races
Don’t Expect College Football’s Elite Programs To Stop Hogging All The Playoff Spots
Significant Digits For Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018
The NFL Is No League For Old Men
Model Talk: Features And Bugs
Election Update: Republicans Aren’t Too Vulnerable In Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma … Yet
How Much Trouble Is Ted Cruz Really In?
Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
The New National Pastime: Competitive Coin Flipping
Damn, We Wish We’d Done These 5 Stories This Month
The Rockies Are Still In The Playoff Race Because Of Their … Pitching?
Ohio State Is Always Facing High Expectations — Scandal Or Not
Politics Podcast: Is The Path Of Trump’s Presidency Set?
Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Have More Questions And Fewer Answers Than Ever Before
Will We Get The Next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In This Week’s Primaries?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018
What Does Science Tell Us About Sex Ed?
The Jazz Did Nothing This Summer And Are Title Contenders Now
Election Update: Democrats Are In Their Best Position Yet To Retake The House
McCain’s Replacement Is No Maverick
Why Democrats Were So Fiery On Day 1 Of The Kavanaugh Hearings
Does The GOP Belong To Trump?
Why Ayanna Pressley’s Upset Win In Massachusetts Isn’t Really Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018
Can You Beat FiveThirtyEight’s NFL Forecasts? [project]
Sex Ed Is About More Than Just Sex
NFL 2018: The Good, The Bad And The Browns
How Our NFL Predictions Work
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NFL Predictions Work [methodology]
Kavanaugh Was Quietly Conservative On Day 2 Of His Hearing
What We Actually Know About ‘Electability’
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018
What Arguments About Sex Ed Are Really About
Here’s A New, Less Volatile Version Of Our Generic Ballot Tracker
For A Passing League, The NFL Still Doesn’t Pass Enough
Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts
The Rams And Bears Spent Big On Non-Quarterbacks. Will They Regret It?
Why Democrats Were Willing To Break The Rules On Kavanaugh Day 3
Just About Everyone In Florida Has Already Decided Who To Vote For
What’s Still On Mueller’s To-Do List?
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 7, 2018
I’d Like To Use My Riddler Lifeline
The Serve-And-Volley Works, But Women’s Tennis Players Aren’t Using It
Politics Podcast: How Useless Are Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings?
How The Mystics Can Pull Off An Upset In The WNBA Finals
How Money Affects Elections
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 10, 2018
Old-School Stats Or Fancy-Pants Analytics? The Red Sox Have An MVP Candidate For Each.
The Last 2018 Primary Briefing: New Hampshire, Rhode Island And New York
Politics Podcast: Inside The Trump Administration
Democrats Don’t Care About Policy Compromise Anymore — Just Like Republicans
Americans Are Shifting The Rest Of Their Identity To Match Their Politics
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018
2018 Senate Forecast [project]
It’s Always A Bull Market For Tom Thibodeau
Does Obama Motivate Democrats Anymore? Or Just Republicans?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018
Election Update: The Swing District Showdown
Bengals-Ravens — On A Thursday Night! — Is The Most Important Game Of Week 2
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
How FiveThirtyEight’s House, Senate And Governor Models Work [methodology]
Republicans Are Favorites In The Senate, But Democrats Have Two Paths To An Upset
Politics Podcast: The Battle For The Senate Is Full Of Interesting Races
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018
Election Update: Democrats’ Chances In The 13 Romney-Clinton Districts
Was Jalen Ramsey Right About Gronk?
Why Le’Veon Bell Might Make More Money If He Ends His Holdout Now
Trump’s Approval Rating Is Down. Mueller’s Is Up. Is There A Connection?
The White House Unified On Old Issues — And Then Started New Fights
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 14, 2018
To Solve The Eccentric Billionaire’s Puzzle, You Must First Defeat The Banker
Tommy John Surgeries Are Down In MLB. Will It Last?
3 Things That Could Decide The Second Alvarez-Golovkin Fight
Politics Podcast: What Manafort’s Plea Means For Trump
What Happens To Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination Now
Can Vulnerable California Republicans Stay Out Of Trump’s Shadow?
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 17, 2018
Americans Didn’t Believe Anita Hill. How Will They Respond To Kavanaugh’s Accuser?
Slow-Moving Storms Like Florence Produce Big Floods — And Are Becoming The Norm
The Best College Football Programs Of The 1990s Are Suddenly Terrible
Politics Podcast: Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Could Be In Trouble
Will Democratic Senators Lose Despite The ‘Blue Wave’?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018
Why Manafort’s Flip May Matter More Than 25 Russian Indictments
The Orioles And Royals Could At Least Still Beat Triple-A Teams … Right?
Election Update: Who’s Leading In Obama-Trump Districts
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018
How Will The Troubled Kavanaugh Nomination Affect The Midterms?
The Sharks Got Scarier
The Sharks Got Scarier
Patrick Mahomes And The Chiefs Are Red-Hot. For Once, They Might Stay That Way.
Beto O’Rourke Is Crafting His Own Mythology
Can A Democrat Really Win A Senate Race In Tennessee? Or Mississippi?!?!
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018
Vegas Doesn’t Usually Set Huge Underdogs In Week 3. For The Bills, They’ll Make An Exception.
Politics Podcast: Our Forecast Is 7,000 Lines Of Code
The Gender Gap Might Narrow From 2016 — But That Could Be Bad For The GOP
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 21, 2018
Two Paths Diverged In A City And I, I Took The Block Less Traveled By
Jameis Winston Is A Better Quarterback Than Ryan Fitzpatrick
Memo To NFL GMs: Stop Drafting Kickers
Kavanaugh May Be Getting More Unpopular
We Looked At Hundreds Of Endorsements. Here’s Who Republicans Are Listening To.
Significant Digits For Monday, Sept. 24, 2018
How Tiger Woods Finally Put It All Together Again
The Biggest Divides On The Kavanaugh Allegations Are By Party — Not Gender
If Kavanaugh Doesn’t Make It, Who’s Next?
Don’t Assume Trump Will Fire Rosenstein — Or That He Won’t
The GOP’s Least-Worst Option Is If Kavanaugh Withdraws — And Soon
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018
Who Needs Bryce Harper When You Have Aaron Hicks?
Live Politics Podcast: Will Trump Fire Rosenstein? Withdraw Kavanaugh?
Does CBD Really Do Anything?
The Teams That Should — And Shouldn’t — Trade For Jimmy Butler
Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault
Will The GOP Base Really Stay Home If Kavanaugh Isn’t Confirmed?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018
The Patriots Look Finished. So They Will Probably Win The Super Bowl.
What Happened In The Brett Kavanaugh Hearing [liveblog]
The 7 Senators Who Will Decide Kavanaugh’s Fate
Christian Yelich Isn’t Even Trying To Hit Home Runs
What To Watch For In Today’s Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing
Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
Alabama’s Offense Is Now As Terrifying As Its Defense
Politics Podcast: What Happens After The Kavanaugh Hearing?
Election Update: Why Our Model Thinks Beto O’Rourke Really Has A Chance In Texas
Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 28, 2018
The Robot Invasion Has Come For Our Pool Halls
The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Was A Clash Of Gender Politics
There Are Officially Zero Men’s Grand Slam Winners In Their 20s
Do Republican Women Support Kavanaugh?
Why Humans Are Bad At Spotting Lies
Emergency Politics Podcast: Flake News!
Is The Supreme Court Facing A Legitimacy Crisis?
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 1, 2018
Election Update: One Way The House Map Actually Helps Democrats
Politics Podcast: What The New Polling On Kavanaugh Means
Forget Starting Pitchers. It’s Bullpen Season.
Partisanship Often Trumps Scandal
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018
NFL Coaches Are Going For Two More Than Ever. (It Took Them Long Enough.)
Russia Made The King Of Chess. The U.S. Dethroned Him.
Can Conservatives Ever Trust A Tech Industry Staffed Mostly By Liberals?
Our Third-ish 2020 Democratic Primary Draft Got Weird
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
Did The Vegas Golden Knights Actually Get Better?
Election Update: Here’s How We Decide Who’s Involved In A Scandal
The Falcons’ Offense Is Back. Too Bad Their Defense Isn’t.
Democrats Really Could Lose That New Jersey Senate Seat
What’s Going On In The Ultimate Romney-Clinton District?
The CDC Is Publishing Unreliable Data On Gun Injuries. People Are Using It Anyway.
Voters Like A Political Party Until It Passes Laws
Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans’ Midterm Chances?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018
2018 College Football Predictions [project]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our College Football Playoff Predictions Work [methodology]
Our College Football Playoff Predictions Sure Look Familiar
We Break Down Each MLB Playoff Matchup (And Predict The World Series)
A Final Look At Where Voters Stand On Kavanaugh Before The Senate Votes
Republicans Really Could Lose That Tennessee Senate Seat
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 5, 2018
How Much Will It Cost To Sniff Out The Spies?
Even People Insured By Their Employer Are Worried About Rising Health Care Costs
Baseball’s Top Staffs Have Come Around On The High-Spin Fastball
Republicans Rescued Kavanaugh’s Nomination By Making It About #MeToo
Politics Podcast: Collins Says ‘Yes’ On Kavanaugh
How Kavanaugh Will Change The Supreme Court
How Crazy Is It That The Senate and House Might Move In Opposite Directions This Year?
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 8, 2018
Make A Flu Shot Your Halloween Tradition
Why Josh Hart May Be LeBron’s Most Valuable Teammate
A Big Blue Wave Could Overwhelm The GOP’s Advantage In The House
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018
49 Math Puzzles To End Your Year Right
What’s Behind Democrats’ Shrinking Senate Odds?
Politics Podcast: Are Any Of The Post-Kavanaugh Narratives Right?
J.D. Martinez Is Always One Step Ahead
Why We’re Stuck With An Inadequate Hurricane Rating System
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018
Six Districts The GOP Appears To Have Abandoned — And Maybe Two More It Should
Did Aaron Boone Forget That The Yankees’ Bullpen Was Historically Good?
NFL Parity Is Creating Excitement — And, Um, Ties
We’re Hiring Visual And Interactive Journalists
Who’s Behaving Like A 2020 Presidential Candidate
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018
Politics Podcast: Two Forecasts Diverged In A Wood
Democrats Have A Chance To Win One Of The Reddest Districts In The Country
How LSU And Oklahoma Can Still Make The College Football Playoff
The States Where Democrats Or Republicans Could Seize Full Control Of Government
Can Heitkamp Pull Off A Second Upset In North Dakota?
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 12, 2018
So You Want To Tether Your Goat. Now What?
The Brewers Are The Rare Team To Win The Offseason And The Actual Season
The Bears Don’t Need Blitzes To Destroy Your Quarterback
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Why The House And Senate Are Moving In Opposite Directions
Who Can Stop The Supreme Court?
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 15, 2018
2018-19 NBA Predictions [project]
From The Warriors To The Knicks, How We’re Predicting The 2018-19 NBA
The Chiefs’ Defense Is Worse Than Their Offense Is Great
Politics Podcast: Can Democrats Win Big With Only Women?
Young Voters Might Actually Show Up At The Polls This Year
What Happens When Humans Fall In Love With An Invasive Species
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018
An Upset That Nobody Sees Coming Could Determine Control Of The House
The 6 Things We’re Watching This NBA Season
No, LaCroix Isn’t Poisoning You Like You’re A Giant Cockroach
Alex Bregman Is Not Interested In That Crap Out Of The Zone
Will The Midterms Decide Who Runs In 2020?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018
Senate Update: Democrats’ Prospects Worsen In Nevada And Arizona
Philip Rivers Has The Supporting Cast He Deserves Again
Three States Could Elect A Black Governor This Year. Will They?
Odds Are, Your Next Governor Will Be A Democrat
Election Update: How The Latest Fundraising Numbers Shifted Our House Forecasts
Politics Podcast: Democrats Are Well Positioned In Key Races For Governor
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018
These 20-Somethings Could Be Elected To Congress
These 20-Somethings Could Be Elected To Congress [video]
Why Politicians Don’t Always Listen To Political Scientists
The Brewers’ Pitcher Switcheroo May Be Coming Soon To A Game Near You
Here Are College Football’s Most Important Week 8 Games
Even If Turnout Among Young People Is Higher, It’ll Probably Still Be Low
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 19, 2018
Election Update: Democrats’ Unprecedented Fundraising Edge Is Scary For Republicans … And Our Model
So Your Archipelago Is Exploding. How Doomed Is Your Island?
How Worried Should Real Madrid, Bayern Munich And Barcelona Be?
Senate And Governor Races Are Diverging Sharply In Some States
Senate And Governor Races Are Diverging Sharply In Some States [video]
This Might Be The Best Red Sox World Series Team Yet
Todd Gurley Is In The Right System At The Right Time
Election Update: What The Polls Say In Four Republican-Leaning Battleground Districts
Election Update: Republicans’ Overall Senate Chances Are Holding Steady
These 8 Attorney-General Races Could Make A Big Difference To Trump’s Agenda
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 22, 2018
Governors Update: Democrats Suddenly Have A Real Chance In Alaska
The Jaguars’ Defense Isn’t Playing Well Enough To Win With Bortles Anymore
Politics Podcast: What On Earth Should We Make Of The Democrats’ Huge Fundraising Edge?
Trump’s Approval Rating Is Up. Republican House Chances Are Down. Does That Make Any Sense?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
Election Update: Some Competitive Races Have Little To No Polling. That’s A Problem.
How The Red Sox And Dodgers Made It To The World Series, In One Chart
The Toronto Maple Leafs Needed An American To Become Stanley Cup Contenders Again
The 5 Players Who Could Determine The World Series
Senate Update: Mississippi Almost Certainly Isn’t Going To Bail Out Democrats’ Senate Hopes
We’re Hiring A Full-Time Quantitative Editor
Politics Podcast: How Voting Laws Will Affect The Midterms
We’re Back From The Future. Which Of These Wildly Different Midterm Outcomes Would You Believe?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018
People Are Changing Their Views On Race And Gender Issues To Match Their Party
Welcome To The 2018 World Series, Where Even Sale-vs.-Kershaw Turns Into A Bullpen Battle
Governors Update: After Flirting With Trump In 2016, These Three States Are Looking Blue Again
The Eagles Have A Call-In-Sick-To-Work-Level Super Bowl Hangover
The NBA Is Playing At A Blistering Pace, But The Spurs Are Taking It Slow
Trump-Style Politics Will Be Put To The Test In Florida, Georgia And Kansas
Significant Digits For Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018
Election Update: Romney-Clinton Districts Are Overrated. Obama-Trump Districts Are Underrated.
Election Update: 100 Women — Or More — Could Be Elected To The House
Ryan Madson And The Dodgers Are Faltering When It Matters Most
How ActBlue Is Trying To Turn Small Donations Into A Blue Wave
College Football Chaos Could Be Lurking Below The Top 3 Teams
Politics Podcast: The Campaign Ads Dominating 2018
How To Make Sense Of This Week’s Mail Bombs
Are Republicans Losing The Health Care Debate?
Significant Digits For Friday, Oct. 26, 2018
Who Will Capture The Most James Bonds?
Democrats Have A Whac-A-Mole Problem In The Senate
What If Only Men Voted? Only Women? Only Nonwhite Voters?
The Dodgers Have Triggered The Super Sports Equinox In LA
Is The New Jersey Senate Race Really A Toss-Up? No.
Politics Podcast: No, The Model Doesn’t Care About The Early Vote
Only 6 Percent Of U.S. Terrorists Act Alone, But They Are Prolific
Election Update: Return Of The Special Elections
The Red Sox Win The World Series [liveblog]
The Senate Spin Cycle
Significant Digits For Monday, Oct. 29, 2018
The Red Sox Bucked Convention To Build A Champion
Election Update: New Polls Show Tight Races In 2 Key Obama-Trump Districts
The 2018 Red Sox Are Baseball’s Best Champions Since The 1998 Yankees
Politics Podcast: Do Toxic Politics Lead To Violence?
Why Are Democrats Looking So Strong In The Midwest?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018
The Battleground In The House Is Really Big — And That Makes Life Hard For Republicans
Senate Update: Is Trump Holding His Final Pre-Election Rallies In The Right States?
Sure, The Rams Are Good. But Are They Historically Great?
House Update: Here’s Why We Need Polls In Red Districts — They Might Not Be So Red
Politics Podcast: The Most Important Races You’re Probably Not Watching
How Much Do Voting Restrictions Affect Elections?
Abortion May Be Mobilizing More Democratic Voters Than Republicans Now
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018
House Update: Where Democrats And Republicans Are Outperforming Their Party
Governors Update: New Polls In Georgia And Ohio Show Really Tight Races
The Browns Are Still A Nightmare. But Maybe Not For Long.
Politics Podcast: In Which We Argue Against Ourselves
Democrats Can Get Close To A House Majority With Suburban Seats Alone
Significant Digits For Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018
Election Update: Democrats Need A Systematic Polling Error To Win The Senate
Senate Update: How This Year’s Race Sets Up 2020
3 Games This Week Could Tell Us Who Will Make The College Football Playoff
Politics Podcast: Debating Our Own House Forecast
Trump Put Immigration Back In The Headlines. Will It Boost GOP Turnout?
Significant Digits For Friday, Nov. 2, 2018
How Far Would You Go To Rig A Coin Flip?
Governors Update: Democrats Could Win In Some Very Red States
Patrick Mahomes Is Proving That QBs From Gimmicky College Offenses Can Succeed In The NFL
Election Update: Gender Might Be Shaping Democrats’ Senate Chances
Politics Podcast: How To Judge Our Forecasts
Forget About The Candidates. What Else Is On The Ballot This Week?
Republicans Need A Systematic Polling Error To Win The House
The Senate Surprises We Did — And Didn’t — See Coming
House Update: Keeping An Eye On Democratic ‘Reach’ Districts
Who Should Recount Elections: People … Or Machines?
How To Watch The Midterms: An Hour-By-Hour Guide
Significant Digits For Monday, Nov. 5, 2018
Five Races That May Not Be Decided Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Or Thursday …
Election Update: Democrats Are Likely To Make Big Gains In Governors Races
Final Senate Update: The 13 Races We’re Watching
Politics Podcast: The Midterms Are Here
Final Election Update: Democrats Aren’t Certain To Take The House, But They’re Pretty Clear Favorites
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018
What Went Down In The 2018 Midterms [liveblog]
Our Final Forecast In The Senate, House And Gubernatorial Races
How Democrats Won The House
How Republicans Made Gains In The Senate
Election Night Defied A Single Takeaway
Election Night Defied A Single Takeaway [video]
Politics Podcast: What To Make Of Election Night
Democrats Had A Big Night In Governors Races, But It Could Have Been Bigger
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018
The Saints’ Big Three Can’t Be Stopped
What Jeff Sessions’s Resignation Could Mean For The Mueller Investigation
Emergency Politics Podcast: The Midterms Are Over — So Is Jeff Sessions’s Time At The Justice Department
We’re Tracking The Unresolved Midterm Races
The American Grandmaster Who Could Become World Champion
Significant Digits For Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018
The 2018 Map Looked A Lot Like 2012 … And That Got Me Thinking About 2020
Nobody Wants Baseball’s 30-Something Free Agents Anymore 😞
Nobody Wants Baseball’s 30-Something Free Agents Anymore 😞
The Suburbs — All Kinds Of Suburbs — Delivered The House To Democrats
Kyle Lowry Is The NBA’s Master Of Taking The Clutch Charge
Politics Podcast: What The Midterms Taught Us About America
Why Nancy Pelosi Isn’t Guaranteed The Speakership
The 2018 Gender Gap Was Huge
What Are The Odds You’d Already Have My Number?
Significant Digits For Friday, Nov. 9, 2018
We Know Breast Density Is Linked To Cancer Risk. But Now What?
Each Contender’s Path To The College Football Playoff
Something Looks Weird In Broward County. Here’s What We Know About A Possible Florida Recount.
The World Chess Championship Opened With A Wild Draw
Live: Watch The FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast
The World Chess Championship Is Deadlocked After Game 2
How Good Is The Sixers’ Brand-New Big Three?
Can You Stave Off A Cold With Willpower?
Significant Digits For Monday, Nov. 12, 2018
The Packers Need To Depend On Aaron … Jones
Can A Trump Voter From West Virginia Win The 2020 Democratic Primary?
Politics Podcast: A Post-Midterms 2020 Draft … Live!
Computers Are Haunting The World Chess Championship (Which, Yes, Is Still Tied)
There Was A Lot Of Turnover In The House In The 2018 Cycle
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018
The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts
Few Stars Have Ever Fallen As Fast As Carmelo Anthony
The Biggest Blunder Of The World Chess Championship Is A Deleted YouTube Video
Yes, It Was A Blue Wave. No, It Doesn’t Matter For 2020.
Is Chiefs-Rams A Super Bowl Preview? Meh, Probably Not.
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018
What Really Happened In Texas
Villanova Is Basically Starting From Scratch
Democrats Can Help The Mueller Investigation Now. But They Also Might Make Things Worse.
What Does It Mean That Abrams And Gillum Are Both Likely To Lose?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018
It’s Easier Than Ever To Get The Recommended Amount Of Exercise
What’s It Gonna Take For Somebody To Win A Chess Game?
Politics Podcast: How Our Forecasts Did In 2018
UCF Might Not Even Be As Good As Fresno State — Let Alone Georgia Or Michigan
Why Did The House Get Bluer And The Senate Get Redder?
Significant Digits For Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
The Riddler Just Had To Go And Reinvent Beer Pong
At Least 123 Women Will Be In The Next Congress. Just 19 Are Republicans.
Iowa State Is A Contender (Finally)
Why California’s Wildfires Are So Destructive, In 5 Charts
Chess World Rattled As Someone Nearly Wins Game
Another World Chess Championship Draw — It’s Time For Caruana To Attack
No, Democrats Didn’t Win The Senate. But They Did Better Than It Seems.
Split-Ticket Voting Hit A New Low In 2018 Senate And Governor Races
Significant Digits For Monday, Nov. 19, 2018
One Bad Pawn Move Has Kept The World Chess Championship Deadlocked
The Detroit Lions Are Stuck In The NFL’s Weirdest Purgatory
Politics Podcast: Will Pelosi Be Replaced?
Everything Is Partisan And Correlated And Boring
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
Trump’s Base Isn’t Enough
The Yankees Snapped Up This Offseason’s Best Pitcher
Most Players Grab Rebounds. Tyson Chandler Swats Them.
California’s Wildfires Could Mean A Generation Of Lung Problems
How Big A Difference Does The House Speaker Really Make?
Michigan-Ohio State Is Actually Worth The Hype This Year
How The Cowboys Turned Their Season Around
It Was Finally Fabiano Caruana’s Turn To Survive At The World Chess Championship
Chess World Celebrates A ‘Sensational’ Move … That Leads To A Championship Draw
Caruana ‘Suffers Successfully’ In Game 11 Of The World Chess Championship
Everything You Need To Know About The Mississippi Senate Runoff
Significant Digits For Monday, Nov. 26, 2018
What Trump’s Legal Battles Tell Us About Presidential Power
Good MLB Teams Oppose Income Inequality
Carlsen’s Bizarre Decision Has Sent The World Chess Championship To Overtime
Politics Podcast: Is Trump’s Border Crisis Manufactured?
The 2016 Primaries Were Weird. Will Things Get Even Weirder In 2020?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018
Are The Browns Actually Decent Now That They’ve Changed Coaches?
The Last Unresolved House Race Of 2018
Human Behavior Might Be The Hardest Part Of Climate Change To Predict
What Happens If Alabama Loses? What If Every Favorite Wins? We Have Answers.
Mike Espy Needs An Unprecedented Swing To Win The Mississippi Runoff
What Went Down In The Mississippi Senate Runoff Election [liveblog]
How Much Does Climate Science Matter In A World Run By Politics?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018
The Senate Will Be Competitive Again In 2020, But Republicans Are Favored
Magnus Carlsen Is, Again, The World Chess Champion
The Patriots Aren’t Quite Their Usual Dominant Selves This Year
House Progressives Are Set To Wield A Lot Of Power In 2019
Significant Digits For Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018
Politics Podcast: What This Week Taught Us About Mueller’s Investigation
Michael Cohen Is The 33rd Person Mueller Has Charged — And Could Be Among The Most Important
What Has — And Hasn’t — Surprised Us This NBA Season
NBA Nerds, Rejoice: Our Projections Now Reflect Injuries And Lineup Changes
Emergency Politics Podcast: Cohen Is Now Cooperating With Mueller
Significant Digits For Friday, Nov. 30, 2018
Alice And Bob Fall In Love
How Georgia Can Beat Alabama
The Two (Or Three) Senators To Watch In 2019
What Reddit Can Tell Us About NBA Fan Bases
What The Heck Is Happening In That North Carolina House Race?
The Republican Party Has Changed Dramatically Since George H.W. Bush Ran It
Why A Fringe Idea About The Supreme Court Is Taking Over The Left
Significant Digits For Monday, Dec. 3, 2018
Who Would Win A Fight Between An Anaconda And A Komodo Dragon?
Is There Any Stopping Another Alabama-Clemson Title Game?
Politics Podcast: Something Seems Fishy In North Carolina
How FiveThirtyEight’s 2018 Midterm Forecasts Did
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
The Texans Have Won 9 In A Row — And We Still Don’t Know How Good They Are
The 200 Districts That Withstood The Blue Wave — And What They Have In Common
Are Lame-Duck Sessions Undemocratic?
What If We Already Have The Mueller Report?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018
The Nationals Don’t Need Bryce Harper
Did The Packers Squander Aaron Rodgers?
How Much Was Incumbency Worth In 2018?
Significant Digits For Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018
Trump Has Made U.S. Policy Much More Resistant To Immigration — Without The Wall
The Cardinals And Diamondbacks Are Now On Very Different Paths
Psychology’s Replication Crisis Has Made The Field Better
How Denver Got Way Better On Defense Without Changing Its Roster
Crossing The Aisle Didn’t Save Republicans This Year
Significant Digits For Friday, Dec. 7, 2018
Trump Is Only Popular In Rural Areas
The Little, Mathematically Determined House On The Prairie
Should The U.S. Be Worried About The Next Generation Of Women’s Soccer?
The U.S. Draws An Easy Group At The 2019 World Cup. France? Not So Much.
Why It Might Be Impossible To Overturn A Presidential Pardon
Significant Digits For Monday, Dec. 10, 2018
We Have Ways To Stop Rogue Scientists. They Don’t Always Work.
A Weird NFL Weekend Leaves Us Even More Confused
Politics Podcast: Trump’s Turbulent Week
Have Republicans Given Up On Winning Black Voters?
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
Is California Failing Its Most Vulnerable Adults?
Brexit Could Drastically Change English Soccer
Pennsylvania Is A Battleground State … In Football
What Should Trump’s 2020 Strategy Be In 2019?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018
What Trump’s Attorney General Pick Could Mean For The Mueller Investigation
California Dominates Among House Democrats. What Does That Mean For The Next Congress?
Zion Williamson Is The Best College Basketball Player In At Least A Decade
Serena Williams Got It Right. Exercise Is Healthy During Pregnancy.
Significant Digits For Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018
What Comes Next In That Contested Election In North Carolina
JaVale McGee Isn’t The Court Jester Anymore, But He’s Still The King Of Goaltending
Politics Podcast: Theresa May Still Has A Job, But Brexit Still Has No Solution
Americans Don’t Want A Government Shutdown Because Of The Border Wall
Significant Digits For Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
Can You Win Tic-Tac-Toe Blindfolded?
The Stats Say Washington Should Have Signed Colin Kaepernick (And It’s Still Not Too Late!)
It’s Been More Than 30 Years Since The House Reversed An Election Outcome
America’s Electoral Map Is Changing
How Red-State Democrats Became An Endangered Species In The Senate
Significant Digits For Monday, Dec. 17, 2018
Why We Still Don’t Know How Many NFL Players Have CTE
We Still Don’t Know Which NFL Teams Are Any Good
How The Champions League Draw Changed Each Club’s Odds Of Moving On
Politics Podcast: Should Democrats Play Dirty?
How We View Our Reality Shapes Our Politics. But Facts Still Matter.
Significant Digits For Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018
Republicans Killed Much Of Obamacare Without Repealing It
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
How Our NBA Predictions Work [methodology]
With The First Pick In The 2020 Draft, Our Staffers Select…
With The First Pick In The 2020 Draft, Our Staffers Select… [video]
Our Updating NBA Depth Charts Give You A New Way To Follow Your Squad
Martha McSally Will Probably Vote Like McCain In The Senate
How Should The Next Congress Deal With President Trump?
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
The Most Absurd College Football Bowls, Ranked (Using Math!)
How Cable News Covered Mueller In 2018
The Vikings Are Mediocre, And That’s Confusing
Why Latino Voters Haven’t Completely Abandoned The GOP
Significant Digits For Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018
Baseball’s Hot Stove Has Gone From Cold To Basically Turned Off
Nearly Every Team Is Playing Like The Rockets. And That’s Hurting The Rockets.
The House Will Have Just As Many Moderate Democrats As Progressives Next Year
Mattis Leaving Might Be The Most Important Trump Administration Exit Yet
Michelle Obama Is The Most Powerful Person In Politics Who Hates Politics
Biden’s Leading The Iowa Polls, But That Doesn’t Mean Much Yet
Significant Digits For Friday, Dec. 21, 2018
Santa Needs Some Help With Math
The NFL’s Home-Field Advantage Is Real. But Why?
Why Fights Over Immigration Keep Shutting Down The Government
Emergency Politics Podcast: Mattis Is Out, Shutdown Is On (?)
What I Got Wrong In 2018
Politics Podcast: Our 2018 Politics Awards
The Thunder Are Playing Way Better, But Are They A Real Contender?
How To Make Good New Year’s Resolutions
The 45 Best — And Weirdest — Charts We Made In 2018
Clemson’s Run Game Could Give Notre Dame Fits
The NFL Games To Watch With The Playoffs On The Line
The Best And Worst Teams Of 2018 In (Almost) Any Sport
Can Oklahoma Survive The Opening Half To Compete With Alabama?
The Best Players And Biggest Upsets Of 2018 In (Almost) Any Sport
Can The Eagles Beat The Bears? Can Houston Stop Andrew Luck?