Antibody tests with over 90% accuracy seem like game changers – until you do the math

In populations with low disease spread, false positives can outnumber true positives.

Christian Yates, The Conversation

· May 10, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Have we been calculating dog years all wrong this whole time?

A study suggests that it makes more sense to look at your pets’ developmental milestones than to co-relate their lifespan with human years.

Christian Yates, The Conversation

· Nov 30, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Maths is our secret weapon in the fight against disease

Biologists have only really started to use maths in the last few decades.

Christian Yates, The Conversation

· Jun 17, 2017 · 11:30 pm

How many locusts does it take to start a biblical plague? Just three

They are creepy and destructive little cannibals, so can mathematics help us avoid the next big locust plague?

Christian Yates, The Conversation

· Nov 10, 2015 · 06:30 am