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    The Maths of Spies and Terrorists

    How feasible is it for the authorities to keep track of everyone on their watch list?

  2. Ryanair punctuality; mistakes in academic papers

    Ryanair claims that more than 90% of its flights land on time but do the numbers prove it?

  3. Cancer Risk and Romanian crime

    Assesing the probabilities of cancer and is the UK suffering a Romanian crime wave?

  4. How do you calculate a dog鈥檚 true age?

    It is often said that one dog year equals seven human years. But is it true?

  5. The Maths of Mozart and Birds

    The maths behind Mozart's opera The Magic Flute

  6. Are Manchester United a one-man team?

    Lead scorer power calculated; and, maths problems raised in the Kercher murder case

  7. Austerity: A Spreadsheet Error?

    The story of the student who uncovered a mistake in a famous economic paper

  8. Margaret Thatcher in numbers

    Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who died aged 87, was Britain鈥檚 first female prime minister.

  9. Communicating Risk

    It's the 4th anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of L鈥橝quila in Italy.

  10. That's not much gold

    What if a super-villain took control of the world鈥檚 gold and melted it into a cube?

  11. Can big data save lives?

    Ruth Alexander speaks to Kenneth Cukier about how data can be used.

  12. Are there more black men in college or prison in the US?

    Last week the US Speaker said that there were more black men in prison than in college.

  13. HIV in numbers

    With the news that a baby has been 鈥榗ured鈥� of HIV we look at the numbers.

  14. Is the Kenyan election already decided?

    Do Kenyans vote along ethnic lines? More Or Less investigates.

  15. Counting Catholics

    Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1.2 billion Catholics world-wide is calculated.

  16. How many people support Manchester United ?

    This week Ruth Alexander asks whether Manchester United claim 650 million fans worldwide.

  17. The end of the penny.

    Canada has stopped distributing its smallest coin 鈥搕he one cent or the penny.

  18. A case of statistical significance in Greece

    The case of Andreas Georgiou, head of the Greek statistics agency, charged with treason

  19. Fat or Fiction

    A 鈥榥ew鈥� BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen

  20. Indian Farmer Suicides

    This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India

  21. Food waste and Scrabble

    Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally.

  22. The Parable of the Ox

    Tim Harford tells us about a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition.

  23. Numbers of 2012

    Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.

  24. Fact-checking US gun-crime statistics

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths.

  25. What is "rare"?

    When we say something is rare what do we mean?

  26. Nigeria鈥檚 GDP revision and Kate and William鈥檚 bab(ies)

    Where does Nigeria's plans to revise their GDP leave our understanding of growth in Africa

  27. How reliable is Kevin Pietersen?

    Assessing the cricketer's performance in the recent test match between England and India.

  28. Fergie-time

    Fergie-Time. Do Manchester United really get more added time at the end of matches

  29. Brain food and bacteria

    Ruth Alexander explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  30. Polling voodoo? Predicting the US election

    How did Nate Silver predict the outcome of voting in every state in the US elections?

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