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Strange Derivatives

Juice futures, job futures, milk futures.

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The Just World Scale

A test of fairness.

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Chance Discoveries

Accidents aren’t always bad.

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Near-Death Experiences

Near-Death Experiences

When life is a lucky break.

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Long Shots

Laying odds on history’s great underdogs.

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Death from Above

Interesting meteorite falls from the past two centuries.

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

Winning the lottery: not always so lucky in the end.

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Sporting Chances

Sporting Chances

Around the world with games of chance.

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Number Theories

Figures that bring luck and figures that don’t.

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How to Assemble an Athenian Jury

Randomizing procedures meant to sort Athenian tribesmen into trial juries.

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