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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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    Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  6. Transgender women in sport: Does ‘comparable’ mean ‘equal’?

    Investigating a scientific paper analysing the strength and fitness of transgender women

  7. US-Israel war with Iran: Do the gulf states have enough interceptor missiles?

    What we know about missile stockpiles following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran

  8. Has a company really discovered a million new species?

    Investigating whether Basecamp Research found hundreds of thousands of bacteria species

  9. Did AI researchers let AI hallucinations into scientific papers?

    Investigating a claim that 100 made-up claims were found in AI papers

  10. Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time?

    Did a Roman charioteer really earn the equivalent of $15 billion dollars?

  11. Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius?

    Is Chelsea’s Liam Delap a maths genius? Or has he got a trick up his sleeve?

  12. Could Europe use its financial muscle to strong-arm the US?

    Europe holds trillions of dollars of US shares and bonds - but can they use them?

  13. Is Greenland as big as Africa?

    Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest

  14. South Korea study does not show Covid vaccine causes cancer

    Influencers claim that this study shows that covid jabs cause cancer. That is not true

  15. Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?

    We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves

  16. Numbers of the year 2026

    From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026

  17. Numbers of the year 2025

    From tariffs to comets, we look back at the numbers of 2025 across the world

  18. The shocking world of US health costs

    Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?

  19. RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?

    How an important climate model was too pessimistic about the future

  20. Is RFK right about US sperm counts?

    Do US teens have 50% lower sperm and testosterone counts than 65 year old men?

  21. Richard Thaler and The Winner’s Curse

    Richard Thaler on two of his most famous observations in behavioural economics

  22. Is there a stock market crash coming?

    Can data tell us if a stock market crash is coming?

  23. Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?

    Bernie Sanders says vast riches have moved to the wealthiest in the US. Is he right?

  24. Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?

    Investigating if 50% of people in China really have diabetes.

  25. Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?

    Looking at the math's behind the myth

  26. Is your housework split sexist?

    Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework

  27. Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?

    Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize

  28. Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?

    Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?

  29. Is the world getting less miserable?

    Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"

  30. The case of the missing US data

    Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?

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