Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB
We check out suspect stats on boozing Brits and fishy figures on fishing fleets in the South China S
Are we alone in the universe – and if not, how many other civilisations might there be? Remarkable i
The cultural importance of gold in India as a symbol of wealth, prosperity and safety is well known
Conventional histories of mathematics are dominated by well-known names like Pythagoras, Leibniz or
Do you notice fewer insect splats on windscreens than you used to? There’s a study in the UK trying
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin has become only the third woman to win the Nobel Economics Prize fo
Are almost half the words in the English language of French origin? It’s a claim one of our loyal li
John Campbell, a YouTuber whose posts get millions of views, has made claims about excess deaths and
The UK Prime Minister has announced several changes to key policies designed to help Britain reach n
NHS consultants in England are striking over a pay offer of 6%. We look at whether they are paid an
After a listener emailed More or Less to ask whether world famous Venice or the slightly less famous
Long: Housing minister Rachel Maclean claimed the government has built a record number of social ren
How can we navigate our lives in a more efficient and satisfactory way? It’s a question Professor Da
A BBC report quoted a study that said 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer in
The construction of the Panama Canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America
Covid related deaths are rising in England and Wales - but what do the figures really tell us? Also
On this week’s episode of More or Less we interrogate a widely circulated myth relating to how much
Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2? That claim was recen
Water used to cool nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan is being
