FRANCIS GALTON
Wisdom of the crowds
A weight-judging competition may not sound like a complex task, but this experiment was again run in May 1968, when US submarine Scorpion disappeared on its way back to Newport. Although the Navy knew the sub’s last reported location
Thumbing through the history of handprints
The debate over giving fingerprints invading one’s privacy is on. But with fingerprint identification for devices on the rise, we may now be less sensitive to it.
Investing and Forecasting by Anand Vardarjan, Business Head, Tata MF
In 1906 famous statistician Francis Galton attended a fair in Plymouth where participants had to guess the weight of an ox and the one who guessed it right, ...
Meanwhile in the future: To stop climate change, we must genetically engineer humans
A lot of researchers are thinking about how to genetically engineer crops and food animals to help them withstand post-climate change heat.
El-Niño phenomenon: Lessons government can take from failings of Victorian predecessors
The understanding is what can change our experience of ENSO today. Knowing that it is coming makes it all the more important to be prepared.
