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    Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

    Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?

  2. Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong

    We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. When is the UK going to be past the worst?

  3. Communicating Risk

    It鈥檚 the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of in Italy...

  4. Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

    We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation

  5. Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine

    AstraZeneca鈥檚 clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.

  6. Climate Refugees

    More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest...

  7. Climate deaths, austerity and pet food

    Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.

  8. Climate Change, Victorian Diseases, Alcohol

    Tim Harford on climate change, Victorian diseases, maths mistakes and alcohol consumption

  9. Climate change and birdsong

    With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?

  10. Climate bet; Africa Cup of Nations

    A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled.

  11. Christmas Quiz

    Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge

  12. Chris Froome's Tour de France victory

    The winner of this year's Tour de France, British rider Chris Froome, faced numerous...

  13. China鈥檚 missing numbers

    How the Chinese state make inconvenient statistics disappear

  14. China Stock Market Crash

    The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? with Tim Harford

  15. Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave

    As lockdown eases, why hasn't there been a spike in infections?

  16. Chess cheats and the GOAT

    What a statistical analysis of chess moves can teach us about this ancient game.

  17. Chavez's cancer claims

    President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret to give...

  18. Celebrity deaths

    Have more famous people died this year than usual?

  19. Catching Chess Cheats with Data

    A cheating scandal is rocking the world of chess - and data is at its heart

  20. Carbs, Sugar and the Truth

    Does a baked potato contain the equivalent of 19 cubes of sugar?

  21. Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms

    Calculating the benefits and risks of breast screening. Plus, patchy citizenship data.

  22. Can you get 拢71,000 on benefits?

    Tim Harford investigates benefits, church attacks, saunas and marathon running

  23. Can you fool your brain?

    Looking at the power of expectations

  24. Can we use maths to beat the robots?

    Why improving how we teach and think about maths could help us keep an edge over machines

  25. Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

    We investigate if people with red hair have a hidden pain-blocking superpower

  26. Can maths prove the existence of aliens?

    We look a famous equation which tries to explain whether life exists in outer space

  27. Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

    We look at whether DOGE can successfully balance the US budget.

  28. Can drinking one less bottle of coke a day halve obesity?

    Plus, the UK鈥檚 expensive electricity, church counts and babies in the City of London

  29. Can chocolate be better than salad?

    We investigate a nutritional conundrum 鈥� can chocolate ever be better for you than salad?

  30. Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?

    Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?

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