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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

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Jan 27, 2017 · 8 min
WS More or Less: Counting Crowds
How many went to celebrate – and how many to protest – the Trump inauguration?
Jan 20, 2017 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Why January makes us want to scream
Blue Monday and Oxfam's wealth of billionaires- the stories that come around every year
Jan 13, 2017 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Christian Martyrs
Were 90,000 Christians killed because of their faith in 2016?
Jan 6, 2017 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?
How much water do we need and how much is too much?
Jan 3, 2017 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day?
Can you reduce working hours without affecting productivity?
Dec 28, 2016 · 9 min
The Haber-Bosch Process
Saving lives with thin air - by taking nitrogen from the air to make fertiliser
Dec 26, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Life, death and data
Improving data to target help to the poorest people
Dec 23, 2016 · 28 min
Christmas Quiz
Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge
Dec 16, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas
Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?
Dec 16, 2016 · 23 min
Have more famous people died this year?
Notable deaths, Rule Britannia and creating your own Christmas speech
Dec 12, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: How risky is the contraceptive pill?
We look at the numbers behind the scary headlines about birth control.
Dec 9, 2016 · 24 min
How wrong were the Brexit forecasts?
The economic doom that never was; childhood cancer figures and Ed Balls
Dec 2, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: How not to test public opinion
The survey by the Indian PM that broke all the polling rules and started a mass protest
Dec 2, 2016 · 23 min
Are you related to Edward III - and Danny Dyer?
What are the odds of being related to a medieval king? and how many cows for a fiver?
Nov 28, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Good news on renewables?
Renewable capacity has surpassed that of coal–is this good news? Plus an asteroid update.
Nov 25, 2016 · 24 min
Pensioners aren't poor anymore
High-rolling pensioners? predicting Norovirus, air pollution deaths and lost or found?
Nov 21, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Avoiding Asteroids
We’re getting better at spotting Earth-bound space rocks – but how safe are we?
Nov 18, 2016 · 24 min
Is dementia the number one killer?
Is dementia on the rise? Plus immigration, incomplete contacts and chocolate muffins
Nov 14, 2016 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Liberia’s Rape Statistic Debunked
Is the claim that three out of four women were raped during Liberia's civil war true?
Nov 11, 2016 · 24 min
US election, stray cats and puzzles
Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK?