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A Large-Scale Data Analysis of ~70 Million Games of WordlePhoto by Nils Huenerfuerst on UnsplashRecently I have been exploring various aspects of the popular word-game Wordle , which took the Internet by storm in January and February 2022 . As I came to appreciate some of the many data science questions being asked about it, I decided to use Wordle as a case-study project for my 3rd year, undergraduate… A Large-Scale Data Analysis of ~70 Million Games of WordlePhoto by Nils Huenerfuerst on UnsplashRecently I have been…

The big, blocky building just north of Interstate 70 looks like all the other big, blocky buildings along a commercial and industrial strip in Aurora. Visitors have to scrub up, put on masks, hair nets and lab coats and walk on an antimicrobial mat before entering a massive clean room. But the products being tended to under magenta-colored LED lights aren’t computer chips or other high-tech parts. They are different varieties of lettuce that will be harvested and shipped to Denver-area grocery stores and restaurants. The…

A new study addresses the difficulty in modeling atmospheric turbulence at sub-kilometer resolution, which is challenging due to atmospheric variability, meteorology and changeable terrain such as mountains and cities. Credit: KAUST; Morgan Bennett Smith A combination of atmospheric measurements and fine-scale simulations has improved understanding of the modeling anomalies that arise when the model resolution approximates…