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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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In 2019, the University of Technology Sydney, where Emil works, made headlines when it adjusted the entry requirements for women candidates applying to engineering degrees, in the hope of encouraging more women to study engineering, a field where they are historically under-represented.

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