Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
Can you trust the figures given to you by the political parties during the UK's General Election cam
Professor Hans Rosling - perhaps best-described as a kind of international development myth buster -
Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked? Tim Harford pits his wit
The Germanwings A320 tragedy, in which 150 people died, is the latest in a series of fatal crashes o
A major 30-year study claims to show breastfed babies become more intelligent, higher earning adults
Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most deprived 10% of Engl
"In the next 40 years, humans will need to produce more food that they did in the previous 10,000,"
Oscar-winner John Legend said that there are more black men "under correctional control" in the Unit
It’s often said that we should all be aiming to get eight hours of sleep a night but could it actual
How maths can help you find love, and hold on to it. Plus, we hear a collection of our listeners’ fa
Tim Harford asks whether claims that keen runners might be damaging their health are really true? An
Tim Harford on claims that keen runners might be damaging their health. Plus, tuition fees; affairs
How to use mathematics to find your life partner. Plus: what are the chances that two friends, given
Fact-checking the Conservatives' employment claims; the price of milk; unhappy teachers; how to use
Who is in the world's wealthiest elite, and where do they live? Which are the world's best and worst
Are the majority of hate crimes in the UK directed against Jewish people? Plus: who are the wealthie
In the wake of the Paris killings, an imam in Paris told the BBC that most terrorism victims around
The Conservatives' plans to achieve a budget surplus by 2019-20 have led to near universal acknowled
Most cancers are caused by "bad luck" according to reports of a new study. But, actually, the study
