You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. If you never have to explain yourself, you can’t really ever be wrong. In recent decades, few things have been ...

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Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House. Five presidents in the history of ...

If you’ve ever hung around scientists, you’ve most likely at some point heard one of them say “the best explanation is the simplest one.” But is it? From the behavior of ants to the occurrence of ...

The year is 1950. Physicist Enrico Fermi is eating lunch with a few colleagues outside Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. His shirt ripples in a hot desert wind. He looks up at the sky and ...

Microsoft Excel’s Data Analysis Toolpak is an invaluable add-in for those who require complex statistical or engineering analyses. This powerful feature allows users to execute a variety of data ...

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I recently went to a talk given by a psychologist on objective reality. What promised to be an interesting and thought-provoking event was marred by its presentation; the psychologist spoke too ...

The BBC’s analysis editor shares his tips on how to communicate with clarity and confidence Most of us are not subject to the demands made on TV news journalists such as Ros Atkins. They must, in just ...

A slacker student's failed exam somehow triggers a politicized tabloid scandal in Gábor Reisz's overlong but invigorating social satire. Reisz scored a domestic hit, and made a strong impression on ...