In a recent paper – Birth, Death, Coincidences and Occupancies: Solutions and Applications of Generalized Birthday and Occupancy Problems – Miami University professor of Electrical and Computer ...

If you are in a room with 22 other people, it’s more likely than not that two of them share a birthday. There was something strange about the recent Women's World Cup in Australia. If you were paying ...

Here's a fun brain teaser: How large does a random group of people have to be for there to be a 50% chance that at least two of the people will share a birthday? The answer is 23, which surprises many ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

A surprising number of footballers at the recent women's World Cup shared the same birthday as someone else in their team (Credit: Getty Images) If you are in a room with 22 other people, it’s more ...