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The digital 鈥榬obots鈥� unlocking medical data
Ben Goldacre on OpenSAFELY, protecting patient privacy while analysing health data
Debt, students, shark and chips
What is the government鈥檚 rule on debt? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?
The global gender split in young people鈥檚 politics
Tim Harford investigates the growing political divergence between young men and women.
Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster
Council tax comparisons, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home-grown veg
A pocket-size history of the calculator
Tim Harford explores the history of calculators from clockwork to the Kashio brothers
Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit
Is measles spreading? How much is Brexit costing? How good are they at traitor guessing?
Is Oxfam right about the world鈥檚 richest and poorest people?
We investigate how Oxfam use wealth stats to illustrate global inequality
Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing
We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill
Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?
We investigate how the vast possibilities in chess compare to the vastness of the universe
Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter
How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter?
