Introducing the Eurovision Voting Examiner
Where beautiful music meets beautiful data.
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Are Eurovision Voting Patterns the Result of Geopolitics or Randomness?
We crunch the numbers to explore the part of Eurovision that everyone cares about the most: the voting!
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The Rick-est Rick, the Multiverse, and p-Hacking
Is Rick C-137 really the Rick-est Rick in the multiverse? Let’s find out using science!
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The Structure of Vibranium
Captain America’s shield has some incredible properties – but what exactly is it, scientifically speaking?
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Toward a Unified Theory of Cartoon Relativity
Can we determine the scientific laws by which the cartoon world operates?
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Never Believe it’s Not So: The Mechanics of Magic in Game of Thrones
What are the rules of magic in Game of Thrones? Are there any? Does it matter?
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Iron Man and the Island of Stability
Tony Stark found the Holy Grail of nuclear physics and nobody noticed
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Is Aladdin Humanity’s Willing Executioner?
Aladdin’s Genie is in fact an abomination who will, inevitably, destroy the world – or already has.
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Modeling Politics in Marvel’s Civil War
How political modeling can help understand the conflict in Captain America: Civil War – and how Civil War can help us understand politics.
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Why Pee-wee Works for a Big, New Generation
Twenty-five years after Playhouse, the childlike, sexually ambiguous Pee-wee Herman is a perfect archetype for the world of 2016.
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