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Fergie-time
Fergie-Time. Do Manchester United really get more added time at the end of matches
Ash Dieback and Fergie-Time
Tim Harford fells some ash tree related statistics and asks if Fergie-time really exists.
Brain food and bacteria
Ruth Alexander explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
Polling voodoo? Predicting the US election
How did Nate Silver predict the outcome of voting in every state in the US elections?
US Convictions
Do 99.5% of prosecutions in the US end up in convictions as Conrad Black claims?
Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?
On More or Less this week we look at how the probability of an earthquake is estimated.
Life-saving Economics
How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.
Predicting the global population
Predicting the global population
Predicting the Presidency
This week Nate Silver tells us who he thinks will win the 2012 Presidential race.
Plenty more fish in the sea?
Newspaper headlines claim "Just 100 cod left in the North Sea". Can that be right?
