Canadian scientist names beetle after Jose Bautista
Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around.
Ecology
Nov 23, 2018
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What's Facebook Watch and will you like it?
What is "Facebook Watch?" If you said, "another ingenious/devious way for Facebook to consume every last second of my life," you wouldn't be wrong. If you said, "haven't a clue," you wouldn't be alone.
Internet
Aug 27, 2018
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Are star players over-rated in MLB? A key statistic—wins above replacement player—doesn't stand up to scrutiny
In football, soccer and basketball, player quality has one obvious and inescapable metric: scoring touch-downs, goals, points. In baseball, it's more complicated—it isn't easy to directly associate a single player's play ...
Mathematics
Jul 19, 2018
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The short, tumultuous working life of a major league baseball pitcher
There are pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) who have had 30-year careers, but as UC Riverside demographer David Swanson points out, these are extreme outliers and often the stars of the game who receive most of the ...
Mathematics
Jul 17, 2018
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Why did home runs surge in baseball? Statistics provides twist on hot topic
Around the middle of the 2015 season, something odd started happening in Major League Baseball (MLB): Home runs surged. They surged again in 2016, from the previous year's 4,909 to 5,610, and then again in 2017 to an all-time ...
Mathematics
Jul 17, 2018
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Physicists investigate home run increase
Home run rates in Major League Baseball have increased steadily since 2015. In 2017, the rate was 35 percent greater than it was before the All-Star Game in 2015. To understand the reason behind this sudden surge, the organization ...
General Physics
Jun 25, 2018
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Sports tech firm Stats looks to bring A.I. to the broadcast booth and sideline
When a baseball announcer rattles off your favorite player's batting average with two outs and runners on first and third, he's not pulling that figure from the back of his mind. There's a good chance that timely information ...
Business
Apr 20, 2018
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A media giant in the balance: AT&T antitrust trial kicks off
On Monday, AT&T squares off against the federal government in a trial that could shape how you get—and how much you pay for—streaming TV and movies.
Business
Mar 16, 2018
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Facebook to stream 25 MLB games in exclusive deal
Facebook is getting deeper into the professional sports streaming game, partnering with Major League Baseball to air 25 weekday afternoon games in an exclusive deal.
Internet
Mar 9, 2018
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Genius or joker: Elon Musk flamethrowers spark controversy
After raising $1 million by hawking baseball caps, the visionary entrepreneur behind electric carmaker Tesla and private space firm SpaceX says he's set the market alight with his latest idea.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 1, 2018
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