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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.
US payroll growth stayed small in September
Payroll employment and the unemployment rate both changed little in September.
Chronic disease risk still splits by education
On 20 October 2026, the World Health Organization published a report examining how those factors divide the burden of noncommunicable disease across populations.
NASA satellites align water trends with human use
Measurements from NASA's GRACE and GRACE-FO missions reveal trends in terrestrial water storage from April 2002 to November 2025
UK industry concentration is lower than in 2010
Average concentration in the non-financial business economy was lower in 2025 than in the early 2010s, the ONS says.