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    US Convictions

    Do 99.5% of prosecutions in the US end up in convictions as Conrad Black claims?

  2. Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

    On More or Less this week we look at how the probability of an earthquake is estimated.

  3. Life-saving Economics

    How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.

  4. Predicting the global population

    Predicting the global population

  5. Predicting the Presidency

    This week Nate Silver tells us who he thinks will win the 2012 Presidential race.

  6. Plenty more fish in the sea?

    Newspaper headlines claim "Just 100 cod left in the North Sea". Can that be right?

  7. Factchecking America

    We ask - who fact-checks the fact-checkers?

  8. Investigating crime statistics

    Investigating Sweden's high rape rate; and which surprising countries top kidnap league?

  9. Where are all the US Paralympics gold medals?

    Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics?

  10. How to explain infinity to a four-year-old

    Can Johnny Ball explain infinity to a 4-year-old? Plus, an interview with Count von Count.

  11. Are African leaders more likely to die in office?

    Are African leaders more likely than their counterparts elsewhere to die in office?

  12. Levelling the statistical playing field

    Which countries over and under achieved at London 2012?

  13. How to lose money - fast

    Is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress or a threat to the financial system

  14. How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?

    How extraordinary was Ye Shiwen's Olympic performance? More or Less looks at the numbers.

  15. Gun laws and gold medals

    Would tighter gun laws lead to fewer gun deaths? Also: how Olympians have changed.

  16. The Tour de France and the statistics of cheating

    Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has clamped down on the use of banned drugs?

  17. Who are the Libor losers?

    How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?

  18. Drinks and drugs capital of the world?

    Do residents of the tiny micronesian island of Palau really smoke more cannabis?

  19. Hit movies and killer birthdays

    What is the highest-earning film ever if you adjust for inflation?

  20. Weight of the world

    How fat could we get? Plus, statistics to the rescue in Pacquiao-Bradley boxing row.

  21. Chance encounters

    Is the chance of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think?

  22. Interview with Daniel Kahneman

    Tim Harford interviews psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics.

  23. Counting images of Queen Elizabeth II

    How many images of the Queen have ever been created?

  24. The maths of infidelity

    It's often said men are less faithful than women. Is that mathematically possible?

  25. Hardest-working nations

    Greeks may put in more hours than Germans, but who works the longest hours in the world?

  26. Trouble on the Greek railways

    Is Greek rail so inefficient it would be cheaper to send every passenger by taxi?

  27. A grand economic experiment?

    European austerity versus US stimulus.

  28. The formula that changed the world

    The Midas Formula. The story of Black-Scholes - the equation that transformed Wall Street.

  29. Measuring species loss

    Are we experiencing the greatest wave of extinction since dinosaurs?

  30. Eurostats - true or false?

    Are there more Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece than those earning more than 50K euros?

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