The term ‘official statistics’ is not usually a headline-grabber. But, around a year ago, when Nature’s news team began exploring reports of problems with the data that governments routinely collect, ...

National statistical systems generate the statistics that underpin policy, economic analysis, and public trust. Yet, despite decades of investment in statistical capacity, two persistent challenges, ...

It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of ...

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The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are about to start, but how have countries statistically fared in previous Winter Games? NBC News' Steve Kornacki breaks down the history of which countries have won ...

Donald Trump just wrapped up the first year of his second term as president. Business Insider examined how the economy has changed in that year. The job market slowed down a lot, consumers kept ...

Last night I shared my resignation letter from the Heritage Foundation. Today, the story continues to develop. The Wall Street Journal reports that 15 staffers are moving from Heritage to Advancing ...

Are you planning to retire in 2026? You’re probably working out how much you can safely withdraw from your pension each year to avoid running out of money. But the old guidance of drawdown amounts may ...

Recent shifts in immigration flows have lowered the estimates of net international migration into the United States. New data indicate that net migration will be close to half a million people in 2025 ...

Below, Gene Ludwig shares five key insights from his new book, The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask the Economic Struggle of Everyday Americans. Americans keep ...

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...

The Phantom Menace established the “Sith Rule of Two.” While the Jedi are many, Darth Bane insisted that there should only ever be two Sith at a time – a master and an apprentice, one to crave power ...