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Tulipmania Mythology
What is the truth behind the 17th Century Dutch craze for tulips?
Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms
Calculating the benefits and risks of breast screening. Plus, patchy citizenship data.
Exposing the Biases We Have of the World
Statistician Hans Rosling鈥檚 family talk about the book they co-wrote about preconceptions
Puerto Rico: Statistics v Politics
Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence
Straws, Women on boards, Animals born each day
Measuring plastic pollution, female FTSE directors and counting animal offspring.
How Should We Think About Spending?
Tim Harford talks to economist Dan Ariely about the psychology of money.
Are We Breathing Unsafe Air?
The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?
Why London鈥檚 Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York鈥檚
Finding out if London is now more deadly than New York.
How Deadly Was 1920s Melbourne?
How accurate is the murder rate in the crime series Miss Fisher鈥檚 Murder Mysteries?
Were 鈥楨xtra鈥� Votes Counted in Russia鈥檚 Presidential Election?
We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia
