Why Data Scientists Matter: Explore how the convergence of Big Data, computer science and statistics is leading to a revolution and a demand for people who can make sense of it all.

Food Analytics? : Illustrating that the Big Data trend is leaving no area untouched, researcher Lada Adamic has developed an algorithm to predict how successful a recipe will turn out. She can predict with 80% accuracy how many stars a recipe will receive on a popular recipe site. Until she develops a technique to predict the likelihood of an inept chief being able to successfully prepare a recipe, some of us may want to just stick to admiring her research papers and leave the cooking to the pros.

Nate Silver Answers Your Questions on Reddit: Everyone’s favorite prognosticator took to the popular website Reddit to answer reader submitted questions. Read this article to find out his thoughts on teacher evaluations and why politics is harder to forecast than baseball.