Bayes' theorem is a statistical formula used to calculate conditional probability. Learn how it works, how to calculate it ...

(FOX40.COM) — Placer County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jeff Bilodeau is giving local students a hands-on opportunity to apply what they’re learning in the classroom with a class he designed. Bilodeau ...

Responding to an article by James Murphy, Chris Scarlett writes that her amateur orchestra provides a great collective experience It’s wonderful to read such a robust defence of classical music ...

While snakes and ladders is purely a game of chance, there is a way to add some strategy, says mathematician Peter Rowlett ...

If someone told you that they were “probably” going to have pasta for dinner, but you later found out that they ate pizza, would you feel surprised – or even lied to? More seriously, what does it mean ...

Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen events unfolding within hundreds of milliseconds or over several seconds. A ...

One year into Donald Trump’s second reign, it is easy enough to argue that, in a short while, there won’t be much of an American republic anymore. Not long before he died in 2012, Gore Vidal predicted ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: Laura Brett/Zuma Press In the early hours of New Year’s Day, fire tore ...

Over the last two days, there has been a massive wave of resignations and departures of scholars and staff from the Heritage Foundation, once one of the nation's most respected conservative think ...

First published in 1923, the book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefèvre remains one of the most cited market narratives in finance. Told through the thinly-disguised figure of Larry ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my ...

“The Probability of Miracles” has scored a series order from Amazon MGM Studios. The Wendy Wunder novel will be adapted into an eight-episode YA romance show on Prime Video. Katie Lovejoy, who wrote ...