Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
About 80,000 children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the charity Shelter. What
It is claimed white South Africans are being systematically killed because of the colour of their sk
The publication of the latest international education league table has created waves around the worl
Ahead of the 2014 World Cup draw next Friday, we look at world football rankings. How are Switzerlan
Ruth Alexander speaks to a statistician at the forefront of cancer research, Professor Terry Speed.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has amassed 15,847 test runs, which is 2,500 more runs than any other batsma
To what degree do our personal opinions cloud our judgement? Yale University researchers have attemp
It is claimed an average of 100,000 Christians have died because of their faith every year for the p
Women in their late thirties shouldn’t be as anxious about their prospects of having a baby as is co
Tim Harford tells the story of how two economists who disagree with each other have been jointly awa
Tim Harford tells the story of the Hawthorne Experiments, one of the most famous social studies of t
Has the mosquito killed half the people who have ever lived? Tim Harford assesses the claim. Are 96
Are hundreds of young children visiting A&E because of alcohol? Plus, an update on the Trumptons
"We just shut our eyes to the fact that the world's population is increasing out of control." Is bro
Tim Harford examines the claim that NHS hospital patients are 45% more likely to die than US ones. I
'I accept every time I get in my car, there's a 20% chance I could die'. It's a line from the Formul
All pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next September, but does
Almost a quarter of men in some Asian countries admit rape, it has been reported. The headlines have
Psychologist Jean Twenge argues that women in their late thirties shouldn’t be as anxious about thei
As global leaders remain divided on whether to carry out a military strike against Syria in response
