From coin flips to river levels to the placement of freckles, many events appear random at first glance—but dig a little deeper, and limits to the chaos start to emerge. Mathematician Michel Talagrand ...

Although many physical processes appear random to us, it turns out to be challenging to produce high-quality randomness—bits for which it is guaranteed that no one can predict them 6,7. From a ...

The use of randomness is ubiquitous in our society, including jury pool selection, encryption of digital communications, and many other activities. However, in many applications, there is an incentive ...

Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can enable auditors to make completely unbiased selections. Randomness is also ...