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    How Many Animals are Born Every Day?

    From penguins to nematodes - is it possible to count how many animals are born every day?

  2. Harry Potter: How Many Wizards?

    Fans have long debated - just how many wizards live among us?

  3. Australia Calling

    Do one in seven businessmen throw out their underwear after wearing them once?

  4. James Comey: Basketball Superstar?

    James Comey is very tall - but what are the chances he could have been a pro baller?

  5. Tulipmania Mythology

    What is the truth behind the 17th Century Dutch craze for tulips?

  6. Exposing the Biases We Have of the World

    Statistician Hans Rosling鈥檚 family talk about the book they co-wrote about preconceptions

  7. Puerto Rico: Statistics v Politics

    Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence

  8. How Should We Think About Spending?

    Tim Harford talks to economist Dan Ariely about the psychology of money.

  9. Are We Breathing Unsafe Air?

    The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?

  10. Why London鈥檚 Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York鈥檚

    Finding out if London is now more deadly than New York.

  11. How Deadly Was 1920s Melbourne?

    How accurate is the murder rate in the crime series Miss Fisher鈥檚 Murder Mysteries?

  12. Were 鈥楨xtra鈥� Votes Counted in Russia鈥檚 Presidential Election?

    We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia

  13. Factchecking Trump on Trade

    The US President regularly talks about America's trade deficit - do his figures stack up?

  14. Did Sir Roger Bannister make the 鈥榠mpossible鈥� possible?

    A mile in under four minutes. Did positive thinking propel dozens to do the same?

  15. Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test

    Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight.

  16. The Winter Olympics

    Which is the most successful country? Plus the chances of a dead heat.

  17. Debunking guide 鈥� on a postcard

    How to question dubious statistics in just a few short steps

  18. Russia: Has drinking fallen by 80% in five years?

    Alcohol consumption has fallen sharply according to Russia鈥檚 health ministry.

  19. Is China On Track to End Poverty by 2020?

    We investigate whether the Chinese government can really achieve its extraordinary pledge

  20. Is the US Census Under Threat?

    The survey question that could affect the accuracy of its results.

  21. Real Lives Behind the Numbers

    How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.

  22. How Louis Bachelier Scooped Economists by Half a Century

    A forgotten French mathematician鈥檚 unusual approach to the stock market.

  23. Just How Rare is a Hole-in-One?

    Why it is not as simple to work out as you think

  24. Statistics of the Year 2017

    Phones, lawn mowers and how Kim Kardashian helped the public understanding of risk

  25. Will Bitcoin use more electricity than the United States?

    Measuring the energy used to keep the crypotcurrency secure

  26. Diet Coke Habit

    What effect could the US President鈥檚 Diet Coke habit have on his health?

  27. Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?

    Are research findings misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media?

  28. Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?

    How statistics were used to show how unlikely it is to win hundreds of times by chance.

  29. How Rich was Jane Austen鈥檚 Mr Darcy?

    What the Pride and Prejudice character would have earned in today鈥檚 money

  30. How Expensive is Italy鈥檚 World Cup Failure?

    How much will Italy's surprise failure to make it to the world cup cost FIFA?

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