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August 2018

Insurers Can Send Patients To Religious Hospitals That Restrict Reproductive Care
Significant Digits For Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018
Who Are The Most Important Swing Voters In This Year’s Midterms?
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
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
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
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
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
2018 House Forecast
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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
We Checked 50 Years Of Sports History To Find The Team That Stands Out The Least
Baseball Positions Are Starting To Lose Their Meaning
What Went Down In Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma
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