Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
We all know that you should never smile at a crocodile, but rumour has it that alligators are great
Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP
The WHO have declared a ‘Global Health Emergency’ as health officials are urgently trying to contain
Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.
Anxiety around sleep is widespread. Many of us feel we don’t get enough. An army of experts has spru
The list of ways campaigners say we need to change our behaviour in response to climate change seems
The fugitive former Nissan boss, Carlos Ghosn, has raised questions about justice in Japan. The gove
Is it possible to calculate the cost of Brexit? Gemma Tetlow from the Institute for Government help
Have a billion animals died in Australia’s fires? And which ones are likely to survive?
Tim Harford on animal deaths in Australia's fires, how many Labour voters went Conservative and are
How many women in China give birth in hospitals, and whether it was true that 50% of births there ar
We talk about the age of some of the frontrunners in the Democrat nomination race and President Dona
We explore the maths secrets of The Simpsons on their 30th anniversary.
As bushfires rage in Australia, the plight of the koala made front-page news around the world. Ther
Labour's spending plans, Conservatives claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record
The UK General Election is fast approaching, top of the agenda are the political parties green ambit
50,000 nurses? 40 new hospitals? Big corporate tax rises? Childcare promises? Election pledges might
Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?
A listener wrote in asking which is the busiest shipping lane in the world. Ruth Alexander tries to
