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    Testing tomatoes

    Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?

  2. Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities

    We debunk a claim that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants

  3. Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities

    We debunk a claim that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants

  4. Teenage Pregnancy

    "About one-third of American girls become pregnant as teenagers鈥� a recent article...

  5. Teen Suicide; Brexit Business Moves; Wood-Burner Pollution

    Tim Harford finds untrue a recent report that there is a 'suicidal generation' of teens.

  6. Teachers, Test & Trace and Butterflies

    Are teachers more at risk from Covid-19?

  7. Teachers, Test & Trace and Butterflies

    Are teachers more at risk from Covid-19?

  8. Tax, speed dating and sea ice

    Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.

  9. Tax Dodgers and Benefits Cheats

    Does the government have lots of people chasing the relatively small amounts lost to a...

  10. Tackling The Three-Body Problem

    Is the physics in Netflix's new show accurate?

  11. Syria poll and Europe鈥檚 work hours

    Fifty-five per cent of Syrians do not think their leader President Assad should to of...

  12. Swedish refugees

    Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden? Tim Harford finds out.

  13. Sweden鈥檚 polarising pandemic response

    Has Sweden鈥檚 pandemic response been a triumph or a disaster鈥r something in-between?

  14. Sweden鈥檚 lockdown lite

    Sweden stayed open during the pandemic 鈥� how well did it work?

  15. Surviving the Battle of Britain; the World Cup and Domestic Violence; Buckfast and Arrests in Scotland

    Tim Harford on Spitfire pilots, and whether football triggers violence in the home.

  16. Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity

    Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?

  17. Supermarket price wars

    Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars.

  18. Superforecasting the Coronavirus

    Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?

  19. Sugar, Outdoors Play and Planets

    Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour

  20. Subitising and simplifying: how to better explain numbers

    How can we clearly explain complex numbers to the public without losing their meaning?

  21. Student Loans

    The cost of the government's new student loan system is rising according to a recent...

  22. Strokes, Teachers, Confused Computers 15 May15

    Are stroke numbers on the rise? This was according to recent headlines.

  23. Striking Numbers

    Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?

  24. Street grooming

    We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake...

  25. Straws, women on boards, plus animals born each day

    Measuring plastic pollution, female FTSE directors and counting animal offspring.

  26. Statistics abuse, tuition fees and beer in 1887

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is accused of mis-using official statistics.

  27. Stamp prices and the first maths book

    The Royal Mail says UK stamp prices are still among the best value in Europe, despite...

  28. Spreadsheet snafu, 鈥楲ong Covid鈥� quantified, and the birth of probability

    Missing coronavirus case data, long-term symptoms, and a big mathematical moment.

  29. Spreadsheet disasters

    The long and costly history of spreadsheet mistakes

  30. Spies, care homes, and ending sneak peeks

    Can security services follow everyone known to them?

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