Videos, Articles, books, and blog posts
Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us
Duncan Watts | 26 June 2012
Cool book. See the intersection of sociology and statistical thinking and analysis.
What and Where The Dark Matter Is
Preposterous Universe | 11 May 2020
A podcast from the Sean Carroll's site. Here, he interviews Lina Necib, a post-doc at Cal Tech. There is some cool stuff in this podcast, particularly on muons, and overall Lina Necib does a great job making the topic accessible. Preposterous Universe has many interesting episodes, and Carroll's books and public lectures are also great introductions to physics in a unique philosophical way.
How to Find New Collaborators and Execute a Complex Project.
Data Viz Today | 5 May 2020
A cool interview with Shirley Wu, who created a pandemic game. Really great example of data vizualization and statistics presented in a clear, fun, and interesting way. Creating interactive reports is a vital part of today's (and tomorrow's) data scientist.
Cool visualization
Data Viz Today | 5 May 2020
A cool visualization made by Nick Strayer in observable, a cool site.
What computer-based models can tell us about coronavirus-and what they can’t
PBS NewsHour | 20 May 2020
Coronavirus hot spots erupt across the country; experts warn of second wave in South
Washington Post | 20 May 2020
How To Make Sense of All The COVID-19 Projections? A New Model Combines Them
NPR Morning Edition | 13 May 2020
UMass professor develops ensemble forecast for coronavirus pandemic; projects 103,000 deaths nationwide by end of May
Boston Globe | 7 May 2020
US milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths likely by June
Agence France Press | 5 May 2020
Where The Latest COVID-19 Models Think We’re Headed ? And Why They Disagree
FiveThirtyEight | 1 May 2020
What 5 Coronavirus Models Say the Next Month Will Look Like
NY Times | 22 April 2020
Scientists Crunch Data to Predict How Many People Will Get Coronavirus
The Wall street Journal | 17 March 2020