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Why fishing less gave the Adriatic more sharks: foxes, rabbits and a loop
When fishing slowed during the First World War, the Adriatic catch held a bigger share of sharks and rays, not a smaller one. Mathematician Vito Volterra…
Why 1 leads far more often than 9: Benford's law of first digits
Look only at the first digit of any long list of real-world numbers, such as river areas, populations or the figures in a company's accounts. You'd expect each…