In professional baseball’s World Series, the championship is decided in a best-of-seven format. The first team to win four games gets the pennant. Curiously, series that go on for the full seven games ...

In a group of just twenty-three people, there’s a fifty per cent chance that two of them share a birthday, a fun fact that can liven up even the most tepid orgy. Say you’re watching a game show where ...

Brazil have the maximum probability of winning the FIFA World Cup 2022, according to Serasa Experian's DataLab. Using machine learning techniques, the data scientists at DataLab projected the World ...

The probability of an asteroid striking Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, has risen to the highest level ever recorded — 3.1%, the New York Times reported. Known as 2024 YR4, the space rock was first detected ...

A chilling prospect of an apocalyptic nuclear war is now a one in six chance, says a leading scientist who has been working out the odds. Swede Max Tegmark, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...