Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
Can your horoscope predict which diseases you’ll develop? And does cricket’s Duckworth-Lewis method
Global Footprint We’re often told that we consume so much that we need one and a half planets. It co
It's the last in the series so we're packing in the statistical goodies so that you can go into nume
Tim Harford asks if the World Cup is to blame for migrant deaths in Qatar. And we solve the fiendish
Tim Harford asks if the World Cup is really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar.
On 23 May, the mathematician John Nash was killed in a car crash, alongside his wife Alicia. The cou
This week: Seven Day NHS. As a commitment appears in the Queen's Speech to introduce a 'truly seven
Death Row exoneration statistics. Recently it’s been claimed that for every nine people executed in
The Police Federation says female drivers aren’t heeding the drink drive warnings. Tim Harford attem
How computers are fooled by big numbers. Chris Baraniuk, technology journalist, talks about the simp
Are stroke numbers on the rise? This was according to recent headlines. We spoke to Tony Rudd, Natio
The birth of Princess Charlotte could contribute £1 billion to the British economy, according to som
Tim Harford and a panel of experts discuss pre-election polls and election fact checking. Plus, is B
Why don’t all the opinion polls give the same results? Plus, would Labour’s plan to introduce a rent
It was recently reported that the number of women training to become Catholic nuns in Great Britain
On the eve of the UK's general election, Tim Harford takes a look at what polling data can tell us a
Are migrants ‘stealing’ jobs; does South Africa have more asylum seekers than any other country in t
Are we witnessing a jobs ‘miracle’? Also under scrutiny - Scotland’s deficit; a mansion tax; and wha
A young listener who needs a liver transplant has received an offer from his brother to act as a liv
Fact-checking the politicians during the election campaign on NHS funding; rail fares and the railwa
