More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Vitamin D, explaining R and the 2 metre rule
Is Vitamin D an under-appreciated weapon in the fight against Covid-19?
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Covid-19 fatality rate
Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?
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Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.
Did the UK really carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests in one day?
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Climate change and birdsong
With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?
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Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown
Are doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?
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Comparing countries' coronavirus performance
Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?
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Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong
We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. When is the UK going to be past the worst?
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Superforecasting the Coronavirus
Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?
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Should you wear a face mask?
Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.
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Coronavirus deaths, facemasks and a potential baby boom
Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?
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Are more men dying from coronavirus?
Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.
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Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity
Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?
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Covid-19: The risks
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective
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25/03/2020
The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy.
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Mitigation or suppression: What鈥檚 best to tackle coronavirus?
How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic
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The mystery of Iran鈥檚 coronavirus numbers
Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?
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Netflix v the environment
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
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Artificial (not so) Intelligence
Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?
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Coronavirus: The numbers
An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford
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Coronavirus, Jam, AI and Tomatoes
Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables
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How fast are alligators and hippos?
Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators鈥� gaits
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Tracking Terror Suspects
Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP
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Coronavirus
Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus
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Coronavirus, emotions and guns
Numbers that matter in measuring outbreaks, smelly stats around scent and more.
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Dozy science
How much sleep do we really need?
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Netflix and Chill
The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto
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Japan鈥檚 99% conviction rate
Quantifying justice in Japan
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Weighing the Cost of Brexit
Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck
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Bushfire mystery
Have a billion animals died in Australia鈥檚 fires?