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Perspicora

Facts. Context. Perspective.

Perspicora — Facts. Context. Perspective.

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  1. WHO report: one in four adolescents reported no active days in a week, with activity unchanged since 2010
  2. Many children born in Syria since 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes through fathers
  3. Fuel prices rose far more in Nigeria and Myanmar than in Ireland and Sweden after Hormuz closure
  4. Gas rising through Alba Mons fissures may be venting from hot magma

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Diagram of prior odds, a likelihood ratio of eighteen, and a posterior of about 15.4 percent for the screening example

Science · Data

How to update your beliefs when new evidence arrives

A positive test result can raise our assessment of the probability of a disease without settling the diagnosis. Two results that agree can add less information than we expect. Bayesian reasoning shows how to weigh new evidence in diagnosis, in science, and when reading the news.

5 Nov 2026, 10:34 UTC

World

WHO report: one in four adolescents reported no active days in a week, with activity unchanged since 2010

Science

Gas rising through Alba Mons fissures may be venting from hot magma

Health

FDA proposes updates to eight infant formula nutrient requirements

Technology

Rock's UN News interview says people hand over thinking

Environment

Ice-sheet loss would remain after warming falls to 1.5 degrees

Society

Zorayda Gallegos tells UN News how sexual violence cases in the military end

Economy

US payroll growth stayed small in September

Culture

UNESCO is digitizing Radio Mogadishu's tape recordings

Opinion

Illustration of a piano keyboard beside a mechanical device

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