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21/03/2026 GMT
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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14/03/2026 GMT
Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time?
Did a Roman charioteer really earn the equivalent of $15 billion dollars? (R)
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Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius?
Is Chelsea鈥檚 Liam Delap a maths genius? Or has he got a trick up his sleeve?
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Could Europe use its financial muscle to strong-arm the US?
Europe holds trillions of dollars of US shares and bonds - but can they use them?
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Is Greenland as big as Africa?
Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest
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South Korea study does not show Covid vaccine causes cancer
Influencers claim that this study shows that covid jabs cause cancer. That is not true
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Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?
We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves
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Numbers of the year 2026
From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026
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Numbers of the year 2025
From tariffs to comets, we look back at the numbers of 2025 across the world
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The shocking world of US health costs
Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?
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RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?
How an important climate model was too pessimistic about the future
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Is RFK right about US sperm counts?
Do US teens have 50% lower sperm and testosterone counts than 65 year old men?
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Richard Thaler and The Winner鈥檚 Curse
Richard Thaler on two of his most famous observations in behavioural economics
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Is there a stock market crash coming?
Can data tell us if a stock market crash is coming?
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Has there been a $50 trillion wealth transfer to the richest Americans?
Bernie Sanders says vast riches have moved to the wealthiest in the US. Is he right?
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Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?
Investigating if 50% of people in China really have diabetes.
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Halloween special: How many people did the real Dracula impale?
Looking at the math's behind the myth
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Is your housework split sexist?
Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize
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Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?
Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?
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Is the world getting less miserable?
Exploring global polling data that suggests people in more countries are "thriving"
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The case of the missing US data
Why does it matter that US government datasets are being deleted and discontinued?
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Is JD Vance right about left-wing violence?
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, what is the data on political violence in the US?
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Will the world really be 50 million workers short by 2030?
Is Nvidia boss Jensen Huang right about a looming labour shortfall?
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Do 11,000 sharks die every hour?
Investigating if 100 million sharks are killed by fishing nets every year.
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Are self-driving cars safer than cars with drivers?
We look at claims that fully autonomous cars are 5 or ten times safer
