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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

Has a company really discovered a million new species?
Investigating whether Basecamp Research found hundreds of thousands of bacteria species

Did AI researchers let AI hallucinations into scientific papers?
Investigating a claim that 100 made-up claims were found in AI papers

Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time?
Did a Roman charioteer really earn the equivalent of $15 billion dollars?

Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius?
Is Chelseaβs Liam Delap a maths genius? Or has he got a trick up his sleeve?

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?

Is Greenland as big as Africa?
Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest

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

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

Numbers of the year 2026
From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026