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  1. Migrant Figures - Surveys - A Kilo Crisis?

    Tim Harford investigate the relationship between academic surveys and PR companies.

  2. Drinking Problems? - Making Millions From Maths - Weather Forecast

    Tim Harford investigates how much alcohol is too much.

  3. Treating Patients on 'Gut Instinct' - Child's play

    Is it better for a doctor to act on a hunch or rely on statistics?

  4. Calculating Crime and Perception - Chill Winds

    Andrew Dilnot explores why people doubt crime statistics.

  5. The Great Health Divide

    Andrew Dilnot investigate why lifestyle may not be they only factor to longevity.

  6. Measuring Children's Happiness - Black Market - Rain

    Andrew Dilnot examines the numbers from a Unicef report about child welfare.

  7. The Science of Giving

    Andrew Dilnot looks at how numbers influence how much people give to charity.

  8. The Politics of Number Crunching - Big Numbers - Lorenz Manifold

    Andrew Dilnot analyses the government performance indicators over the last 10 years.

  9. Railways, Safety and Privatisation - Number Prejudices

    Andrew Dilnot assess whether privatisation of the railways has made them more dangerous.

  10. Drug Trial Risks Assessed - Chimpanzee Numeracy

    Andrew Dilnot examines the risks of taking part in a drug trial.

  11. Zimbabwe鈥檚 economy: Are sanctions to blame?

    We look at politicians鈥� claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe鈥檚 difficulties.

  12. Youth Unemployment

    In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.

  13. WSMoreOrLess: When 拢10,000 isn鈥檛 a good incentive

    Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie O鈥橲ullivan?

  14. WSMoreOrLess: Safe drinking

    UK Alcohol guidelines recommend drinking less 鈥� but do the numbers support them?

  15. WSMoreOrLess: Oxfam and Wealth Inequality

    Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?

  16. WSMoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2

    Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.

  17. WSMoreOrLess: Mobiles or lightbulbs

    Are there more mobile phones than lightbulbs in Uganda? And thyroid cancer in Fukushima.

  18. WSMoreOrLess: Fishy numbers?

    Will there be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050?

  19. WSMoreOrLess: Fact checking The Big Short

    Is it true that 鈥渆very one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die"?

  20. WSMoreOrLess: Do e-cigarettes really harm your chances of quitting smoking?

    Should research described as "misleading" and "not scientific" have been published?

  21. WSMoreOrLess: Do e-cigarettes really harm your chances of quitting smoking?

    Should research described as "misleading" and "not scientific" have been published?

  22. WSMoreOrLess: Counting Foreign Fighters

    How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?

  23. WSMoreOrLess: Can we trust food surveys?

    The pitfalls of nutrition science - how do really know what people are eating?

  24. WSMoreOrLess: Antibiotics and the problem of the broken market

    The world needs new antibiotics so how do we entice big pharma back in to the market?

  25. WS: More or Less - How well do you understand your world?

    Tim Harford talks to Bobby Duffy about why we are often wrong about a lot of basic facts

  26. WS: More or Less - Automated fact-checking

    Computer programmes are being developed to combat fake news.

  27. WS MoreOrLess:100 Year Floods?

    Do so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century?

  28. WS MoreOrLess: Zimbabwe's Economy

    Zimbabwe鈥檚 budget provided a fascinating insight into the country鈥檚 economy last week.

  29. WS MoreOrLess: Xenophobia in South Africa

    Are migrants 鈥榮tealing鈥� jobs; does South Africa have more asylum seekers than any...

  30. WS MoreOrLess: Wine shortage?

    It has been reported that global wine supplies are running low. But shops still seem...

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