Summing up the performance of an NHL goalie with a single statistic is a difficult task. New research that makes adjustments to traditional measures attempts to do just that.
The new movie "Moneyball" stars Brad Pitt as the general manager of a Major League Baseball team who is compelled to find a new way to put together a winning team because of his shoestring budget.
New theoretical models and high-speed movies of dice rolls of numerous shapes and sizes confirm that dice thrown with a 1 on the top are slightly more likely to land as a 1 than the other values.
Over the next few weeks, Inside Science will release a series of news articles, blog posts, and a video news piece covering the Games of the XXX Olympiad.
