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    Child Marriage and Dangerous Algorithms

    Is a girl under 15 married every seven seconds? And beware dangerous algorithms

  2. Escobar鈥檚 Cocaine Deaths

    How many people die for every kilo of cocaine?

  3. Algorithms, Crime and Punishment

    When maths can get you locked up.

  4. Sustainable Development Goals 鈥� Are There too Many?

    Is there a better way of looking at the Sustainable Development Goals?

  5. Who Won the US Presidential Debate?

    Polling on the Clinton-Trump TV showdown 鈥� and why not all polls are equal

  6. Trump鈥檚 crime claims

    Are some US inner cities more dangerous than Afghanistan?

  7. The Cost of a Wedding Gift

    How much should spend when a couple get married?

  8. Drug deaths in the Philippines

    How many people have died during President Duterte鈥檚 drug crackdown?

  9. Menstrual Syncing

    Do women鈥檚 periods start to synchronise if they spend time together?

  10. Death Penalty abolition

    The story behind the countries that have not executed anyone for 10 years

  11. Counting Terror Deaths

    Has 2016 been a particularly bad year for terrorism in Europe?

  12. Swimming World Records

    Why are swimming world records frequently being broken?

  13. Predicting Olympic Medals

    What makes a country successful at winning gold, silver and bronze?

  14. Odd Socks and Algorithms

    How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?

  15. Ireland鈥檚 Shock GDP figures

    Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the world?

  16. Violence, shootings and the police in the US

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers surrounding police shootings in the USA.

  17. Sleeping: the 8-hour myth

    Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?

  18. Ranking Iceland鈥檚 Football Team

    Are Iceland's football team the best in the world per capita?

  19. Brexit Economics

    What will happen to trade and business in the UK after leaving the EU?

  20. When Companies Track Your Life

    How are companies using our personal data?

  21. Sexist Data Crisis

    Are we collecting enough data about women?

  22. HIV in Africa

    Is it true that 74% of African girls aged 15-24 HIV positive?

  23. Refugee Camp Statistics

    Is it true that the average stay in a refugee camp is 17 years?

  24. The World's Most Profitable Product

    Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?

  25. The World鈥檚 Most Diverse City

    Is it true that London is the most diverse city in the world?

  26. Leicester City football fluke?

    The statistics behind the English Premier League鈥檚 surprise winners

  27. Simpson鈥檚 Paradox

    We explore how statistics can support two seemingly contradictory results.

  28. Most Expensive Building

    How much to build The Great Pyramid, a nuclear power station, or an airport?

  29. The Life Expectancy of a Pope

    Statistics show that the Head of the Catholic Church can expect to live to an old age

  30. The story of average

    How astronomers introduced the world to the average.

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