When I was a kid, I loved doing connect-the-dots drawings. I enjoyed discovering a pattern. Those who suggest conspiracy theories know the brain's natural ability to find patterns. They know that just ...

Hampton Roads is not an abstract place. It is home to the world’s largest naval base, major ports and overlapping layers of military, law enforcement and civil authority. Here, more than in many ...

You've likely heard of hot hands or hot streaks -- periods of repeated successes -- in sports, financial markets and gambling. But do hot streaks exist in individual creative careers? You've likely ...

Editor’s Note: One thing I’ve learned over the years is that markets often look chaotic until someone figures out the right way to study them. When that happens, structure starts to emerge… In August ...

“Lots of things have patterns, patterns can be neat. Patterns have an order, an order that repeats.” Patterns are all around us. A pattern is when objects, events, or steps repeat in a predictable way ...