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No existe ninguna fórmula matemática que te permita ganar a la lotería, ¡lo sentimos! Vídeo de Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón.

Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there's more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? The answer is probably lower than you think. David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor intuition when it comes to probability. View full lesson here: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/check-your-intuition-the-birthday-problem-david-knuffke Todavía sin subtítulos (26/05/2017).

Have you ever sat in a doctor's office for hours, despite having an appointment? Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses sell or book more than their capacity. So why do they do it? Nina Klietsch explains the math behind this frustrating practice. Distribución binomial. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-airlines-sell-too-many-tickets-nina-klietsch Subtítulos en español. Duración 4:45.

Imagine a game of dice: if the biggest number rolled is one, two, three, or four, player 1 wins. If the biggest number rolled is five or six, player 2 wins. Who has the best probability of winning the game? Leonardo Barichello explains how probability holds the answer to this seemingly counterintuitive puzzle. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-last-banana-a-thought-experiment-in-probability-leonardo-barichello Subtítulos en español. Duración 3:57.

Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any text - even Vanilla Ice lyrics? PatrickJMT describes the Ramsey theory, which states that given enough elements in a set or structure, some interesting pattern among them is guaranteed to emerge. View full lesson here: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origin-of-countless-conspiracy-theories-patrickjmt Subtítulos en español. Duración 4:22.

When two people join a dating website, they are matched according to shared interests and how they answer a number of personal questions. But how do sites calculate the likelihood of a successful relationship? Christian Rudder, one of the founders of popular dating site OKCupid, details the algorithm behind 'hitting it off.' View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-okcupid-the-math-of-online-dating-christian-rudder Subtítulos en español. Duración 7:20.

Will it rain tomorrow? How likely is your favorite team to win the Super Bowl? Questions like these are answered through the mathematics of probability. Watch this artistic visualization of your odds of passing a test if you don't know any of the answers. Lesson by Leigh Nataro. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/leigh-nataro-what-happens-if-you-guess Subtítulos en español. Duración 5:20.

Could there be intelligent life on other planets? This question has piqued imagination and curiosity for decades. Explore the answer with the Drake Equation -- a mathematical formula that calculates the possibility of undiscovered life. Lesson by Jill Tarter. View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/calculating-the-odds-of-intelligent-alien-life Subtítulos en español. Duración 7:20.

Every day, we are bombarded by attention grabbing headlines that promise miracle cures to all of our ailments -- often backed up by a "scientific study." But what are these studies, and how do we know if they are reliable? David H. Schwartz dissects two types of studies that scientists use, illuminating why you should always approach the claims with a critical eye. View full lesson here: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/not-all-scientific-studies-are-created-equal-david-h-schwartz Subtítulos en español. Duración 4:14.

¿Por qué deberíamos confiar en el consenso científico? Javier Fernández Panadero reflexiona sobre cómo comunicar la ciencia. Duración 9:00.

You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female frog produces the antidote. The male and female look identical, but the male frog has a distinctive croak. Derek Abbott shows how to use conditional probability to make sure you lick the right frog and get out alive. View full lesson here: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-frog-riddle-derek-abbott Subtítulos en español. Duración 4:15.

Your favorite band is great at playing music... but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it's driving their manager mad. Can you solve the brain-numbing riddle their manager assigns them and make sure the band stays on their label? Yossi Elran shows how. View full lesson here: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-prisoner-boxes-riddle-yossi-elran Subtítulos en español. Duración 4:32.

Vamos a explicar una teoría que encuentra aplicación en una amplia variedad de situaciones como la que plantea esta pregunta: ¿Cómo elegir la fila más rápida en el supermercado? La respuesta está en la "Teoría de colas" o "Teoría de filas". Vídeo de Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón.

Javier Fernández Panadero reflexiona sobre el azar y sus implicaciones en la ciencia con la ayuda de un truco muy sencillo que podemos hacer fácilmente en clase.