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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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Oct 30, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Processed Meat and Cancer
Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.
Oct 23, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Oil
Are a million barrels of Nigeria’s oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.
Oct 16, 2015 · 8 min
WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?
Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.
Oct 9, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?
Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study.
Oct 2, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Football’s Red Card Cliché
Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out.
Sep 28, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?
How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.
Sep 25, 2015 · 28 min
Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate
Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's
Sep 21, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: The Rise of the Giants?
Are rugby players getting bigger and bigger?
Sep 18, 2015 · 29 min
Striking Numbers
Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?
Sep 14, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?
Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?
Sep 11, 2015 · 27 min
Is it worth targetting non-voters?
Can the left rely on non-voters to get them into power? Tim Harford looks at the numbers.
Sep 7, 2015 · 8 min
Queuing Backwards
Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.
Sep 4, 2015 · 27 min
Fit for work or at deaths door?
Are thousands dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? Is sugar bad?
Aug 31, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: China Stock Market Crash
The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really ‘Black Monday’?
Aug 28, 2015 · 27 min
China Stock Market Crash
The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? with Tim Harford
Aug 24, 2015 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: The Elliptical Pool Table
Tim Harford tests the geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.
Aug 21, 2015 · 23 min
Soaring diabetes - is there some good news?
Diabetes cases are soaring, but is this down to new diagnoses? Tim Harford investigates.
Aug 17, 2015 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Worm wars
Are mass deworming projects a good idea?
Aug 14, 2015 · 23 min
Migrant Crisis
A "swarm" of migrants heading for Europe? Are the numbers really up?
Aug 7, 2015 · 9 min
WS More or Less: Wrestlers - dying too young?
Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?