Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?
Was your A Level grade correct? Plus were 350m trees planted in one day in Ethiopia?
Re-inserting a caveat and discussing a really cool numbers trick.
Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans in the United States?
With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?
Taking a statistical look at what expectant mothers should avoid.
How medical testing on just men causes problems.
We look at politicians’ claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe’s difficulties.
We look at politicians? claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe?s difficulties.
On this week’s More or Less, Ruth Alexander looks at the numbers involved with the two world cups th
We questioned the death count of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in last week’s More or Less podcast.
The recent TV miniseries ‘Chernobyl’ has stirred up debate online about the accuracy of its portraya
How one woman used statistics to help cope with cancer.
The hidden influences that a make a big difference to the way the world works.
Measuring happiness, university access in Scotland, plus will one in two get cancer?
Does Mount Etna produce more carbon emissions than humans? We check the numbers.
What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world?
How collecting data about the dead led the famous nurse to promote better sanitation.
