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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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Dec 27, 2013 · 28 min
Numbers of the year
A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
Dec 21, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Wine shortage?
It has been reported that global wine supplies are running low. But shops still seem...
Dec 20, 2013 · 28 min
Britain's 80,000 homeless children
About 80,000 children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the charity...
Dec 14, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Genocide in South Africa?
It is claimed white South Africans are being systematically killed because of the of...
Dec 7, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Testing the PISA test
The publication of the latest international education league table has created waves...
Nov 30, 2013 · 9 min
Football Ranking Mysteries Explained
Ahead of the 2014 World Cup draw next Friday, we look at world football rankings.
Nov 23, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Could statistics cure cancer?
Ruth Alexander speaks to a statistician at the forefront of cancer research, Professor...
Nov 16, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Sachin Tendulkar - best batsman of all time?
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has amassed 15,847 test runs, which is 2,500 more runs than...
Nov 9, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Does politics make us get our sums wrong?
To what degree do our personal opinions cloud our judgement? Yale University have to...
Nov 2, 2013 · 9 min
100,000 Christian martyrs?
It is claimed an average of 100,000 Christians have died because of their faith every...
Oct 26, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Fertility - when is too late?
Women in their late thirties shouldn’t be as anxious about their prospects of having...
Oct 19, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Nobel Prize puzzle
Tim Harford tells the story of how two economists who disagree with each other have...
Oct 12, 2013 · 9 min
The Hawthorne Effect
Tim Harford tells the story of the Hawthorne Experiments, one of the most famous of...
Oct 7, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Mosquitoes and elephants
Has the mosquito killed half the people who have ever lived? Tim Harford assesses the...
Oct 4, 2013 · 27 min
Underage drinking
Are hundreds of young children visiting A&E because of alcohol? Plus, an update on the...
Sep 30, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Population explosion?
"We just shut our eyes to the fact that the world's population is increasing out of...
Sep 27, 2013 · 28 min
NHS hospital deaths
Tim Harford examines the claim that NHS hospital patients are 45% more likely to die...
Sep 23, 2013 · 9 min
Formula 1 racing risk
'I accept every time I get in my car, there's a 20% chance I could die'.
Sep 20, 2013 · 28 min
Do free school meals work?
All pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next but I...
Sep 16, 2013 · 9 min
Sexual violence statistics in Asia
Almost a quarter of men in some Asian countries admit rape, it has been reported.