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Science of the coin-toss: Bias in Heads-or-Tails

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-gildenstern-prove-that-already dept.

MrSharkey writes " An interesting article published in Science News puts a new scientific spin on the outcome of the venerable coin-toss. "A new mathematical analysis suggests that coin tossing is inherently biased: A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.""

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  1. NPR by blackmonday · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the excellent NPR piece, with pics of the gadget they flipped the coins with: NPR.