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More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes

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    Coronavirus, emotions and guns.

    Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.

  2. Coronavirus Special

    The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy

  3. Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

    Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?

  4. Comparing death counts, Lock Down drinking and Long Covid

    Is the UK鈥檚 Covid 19 death count among the worst in the world? Plus are we drinking more?

  5. Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

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

  6. 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?

  7. Communicating Risk

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

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

    We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation

  9. Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine

    AstraZeneca鈥檚 clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.

  10. Climate Refugees

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

  11. Climate deaths, austerity and pet food

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

  12. Climate Change, Victorian Diseases, Alcohol

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

  13. Climate change and birdsong

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

  14. Climate bet; Africa Cup of Nations

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

  15. Christmas Quiz

    Tim Harford poses a tough statistical challenge

  16. Chris Froome's Tour de France victory

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

  17. China鈥檚 missing numbers

    How the Chinese state make inconvenient statistics disappear

  18. China Stock Market Crash

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

  19. Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave

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

  20. Chess cheats and the GOAT

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

  21. Chavez's cancer claims

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

  22. Celebrity deaths

    Have more famous people died this year than usual?

  23. Catching Chess Cheats with Data

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

  24. Carbs, Sugar and the Truth

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

  25. Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms

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

  26. Can you fool your brain?

    Looking at the power of expectations

  27. 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

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

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

  29. Can maths prove the existence of aliens?

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

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

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

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