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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Unlikeliness characterizes coincidences. A common kind of coincidence, for example, is one in which you think of a friend and that friend calls you. Your first thought might be, “What are the chances?

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 ...