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He said: "Taken together - and it pains me to say it - this analysis raises serious and credible questions about the evidence presented in court, the robustness of expert testimony and the interpretation of statistical data."

In doing so, the judges said she could not point to “background circumstances” or statistical evidence suggesting that hers was the “unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.”

The statistical study that came up with that estimate based its analysis on the dozens of different viruses from 9 virus families all found in a single Indian Flying Fox, Pteropus giganteus.

Some scientists have suggested other possible explanations for the signals found by Madhusudhan's team, including statistical noise.

In 2008, he co-authored a paper that challenged astrology using a statistical method.