It’s not just race, gender and socioeconomic status that affect juror bias; sometimes it’s the actual way people on juries assess evidence and make decisions.
Immortalised on a stamp, New Zealand’s stout-legged wren went extinct in the 1990s.
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The “decision science” approach helps avoid unanticipated consequences of programs to bring species such as New Zealand’s little bush moa, Waitomo frog, or laughing owl back from extinction.
When a player’s on fire, is it hot hands?
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For 30 years, sports fans have been told to forget about streaks because the ‘hot hand’ is a fallacy. But a reanalysis says not so fast: Statistics show players really are in the zone sometimes.