Scott Shambaugh helps maintain the excellent and venerable matplotlib Python charting library, including taking on the thankless task of triaging and reviewing incoming pull requests. A GitHub account...

There are lovely libraries near my house.  Three, all in different directions.  I have spent hours in each, especially before my kids were in school.  This is a story is about the one called the Douglass-Truth Library, the surprising way it got that name, and a computer simulation inspired by that surprise.  Maybe it will surprise you, too. The Douglass-Truth Library.

A hands-on guide to catching simulations bugs with automated tests TL;DR What you'll learn: Write rigorous tests for randomized algorithms without arbitrary thresholds. What you'll get: A failing test that catches a subtle directional bias bug with Bayes factor = 10⁷⁹ (decisive evidence). The approach: Run simulations many times, count outcomes, validate proportions using Bayesian hypothesis testing. The heart of this…

The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality has managed to get one more edition published this year: Happy new year to the editors!

Two years after the 7 October 2023 attacks, Israel’s war with Hamas has spilled beyond Gaza. Scroll through this report to learn about the conflict in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and I...

Past cohort studies have examined mortality among children and young adolescents (aged 0–14 years) who have received antiretroviral therapy (ART), but…

Needle phobia is an overlooked condition that affects virtually all medical procedures. Our study aimed to identify how commonly needle phobia is experienced, its underlying reasons, impacts, and pote...

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In this article, I want to highlight a relatively new Python package that does an amazing job of generating synthetic and realistic…

From opposition to advocacy: After dismissing vaccine over promiscuity fears, church now tells faithful early intervention saves lives

Five University of Washington researchers have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a March 27 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 471 newly...

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Experts suggest limiting AI to help with brainstorming and checking for mistakes

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The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.

This paper presents a set of provocations for considering the uses, impact, and harms of generative AI from the perspective of humanities researchers. We provide a working definition of humanities res...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), following the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024, he...

Female health leaders are good for wellbeing, research finds - but while women make up 70% of workforce, they hold only 25% of leadership roles

In the United States, over 100,000 people die from drug overdoses every year. County fiscal policies, particularly police spending and revenue generated from fines and forfeitures, not only shape the ...

Uganda has begun a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.