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Surviving the Battle of Britain
Were Spitfire pilots killed after an average of four weeks in the World War Two battle?
How many schoolchildren are carers? Counting shareholder income, Museum visitors vs football fans
Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football, museums and dangerous sports.
Trump and the Puerto Rico Death Toll
How can we calculate excess mortality after a natural disaster?
Male suicide, School ratings, Are female tennis players treated unfairly by umpires?
Tim Harford on what statistics tell us about suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis.
DNA: Are you more Chimp or Neanderthal?
Is our DNA more chimp or Neanderthal?
Heart age calculator; Danish sperm imports; The size of the services sector; The 'safest car on the road'; Counting goats.
Tim Harford questions the usefulness of a popular heart age calculator.
The safest car in the world?
A listener asks whether his Volvo is the safest car on the road
African trade tariffs, Alcohol safe limits, President Trump's popularity
Tim Harford fact-checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many.
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
A no-frills life, automated fact-checking, Lord of the Rings maths
Tim Harford on no-frills living, automated fact-checking and Lord of the Rings maths.
