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June 28, 2023

Cricket commentators love to talk about the ‘nervous nineties’ – but our new research suggests there’s no such thing

Leo Roberts, The University of Melbourne; Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne; Matthew J. Spittal, The University of Melbourne, and Mervyn Jackson, RMIT University

The ‘nervous nineties’ captures the idea that batters with 90 or more runs become anxious as get close to scoring a century. But is it true?

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May 15, 2020

70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?

Simon J Dennis, The University of Melbourne; Amy Perfors, The University of Melbourne; Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne; Joshua P. White, The University of Melbourne; Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide; Nic Geard, The University of Melbourne; Paul M. Garrett, The University of Melbourne, and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol

Only 51% of survey participants said they supported linking the number of COVIDSafe app downloads with an easing of lockdown restrictions.

The Milky Way: a pattern of stars, or a pattern of gaps? Luke Busellato/Wikimedia Commons

August 16, 2019

Why do different cultures see such similar meanings in the constellations?

Simon Cropper, The University of Melbourne; Charles Kemp, The University of Melbourne; Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne, and Duane Hamacher, The University of Melbourne

Around the world and throughout history, we find remarkably similar constellations defined by disparate cultures, as well as strikingly similar narratives describing the relationships between them.

The conscription ballot was conducted via a lottery, which was supposed to be unbiased towards any particular date. Jeremy Brooks/Flickr

July 2, 2015

The numbers reveal the government didn’t ‘play god’ with the Vietnam draft

Daniel R. Little, The University of Melbourne and Chris Donkin, UNSW

A little mathematics reveals whether the government really did ‘play god’ with the Vietnam draft, as suggested by former deputy Prime Minister Tim Fisher.

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