Bayesian Probability In the Day of Covid-19 (via NY Times)

Siobhan Roberts mathplains Bayesian analysis in the age of covid for NY Times readers:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/science/coronavirus-bayes-statistics-math.html?smid=tw-share

What Did You Do On Summer Vacation?

Siobhan Roberts probably didn't really get a summer vacation, being busier-than-ever with a book tour, but she reports on the mixture of "research and play" that filled the summers of some others:

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/cogito-ergo-summer-the-beauty-of-summer-science