In Nature, Number One Dominates

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What was once regarded as simply a mathematical curiosity could become a powerful scientific tool. That is the view of a group of geophysicists, who have found that Benford's law - which predicts a non-uniform distribution of first digits in real-world observations - does in fact hold true across a wide range of different kinds of scientific data. The researchers believe that searching for departures from this distribution within observational data could, for example, enhance earthquake identification and improve computer simulations of the climate.

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