Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
The stats behind making a successful song, plus misunderstanding Victorian court records.
Data visualisation is all the rage, but where does that leave the old-fashioned values of audio? Som
Are deaths from heart disease on the rise?This week the British Heart Foundation had us all stopping
We revisit some classic topics from past years. We hear which statistics about sex you should trust,
Sex Recession This week it was reported that British people are having less sex than they used to. S
*Spoiler-free for Avengers: Endgame* At the end of Avengers: Infinity War film the villain, Thanos,
Nurse suicide ratesThere were some worrying figures in the news this week about the number of nurses
Bernie Sanders, a Senator in the United States and one of the front-runners in the campaign to be th
Was it a surprise that Easter Monday was so hot?A heatwave struck the UK over Easter – and in fact E
The Olympic Games and the football World Cup, two of the biggest events in the world which are each
A battle is brewing in the Southern Scottish uplands between two rival villages. How can statistics
A recent scientific review claims the weed killer glyphosate raises the risk of developing the cance
Who is the greatest chess player in history? And what does the answer have to do with a story of a
Mansa Musa, the 14th century Mali king, has nothing on Jeff Bezos - read one recent news report. Mus
Does the sudden loss of an hour of sleep raise the risk of having a heart attack?
Are women really less likely than men to be hired for jobs in tech just because of their sex? A stud
Insects live all around us and if a recent scientific review is anything to go by, then they are on
Die, sell on a sunny day, place your work a third of the way through the auction….There are some sur
Tim Harford talks to Matt Parker on how simple maths mistakes can cause big problems.
