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    How our world measures up

    From ancient tally bones to a jar of peanut butter, a look at the history of measurement

  2. Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?

    We examine the rules and tech of false starts after the disqualification of Devon Allen.

  3. Is Uganda about to become a middle income country?

    We assess President Museveni鈥檚 claim that Uganda is nearing a higher economic status.

  4. Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?

    The numbers behind water use and denim production

  5. How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?

    In the wake of the historic overturning of Roe vs Wade, we look at the statistics.

  6. Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences

    Ed Sheeran thinks that musical coincidences will always happen鈥� but do the numbers agree?

  7. How often do people have sex?

    Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America.

  8. Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer

    The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis

  9. Are girls starting puberty earlier?

    We look into a claim that the age of girls鈥� puberty is falling rapidly

  10. Noisy decisions

    Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman on how 'noise' impacts decision making

  11. Are just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions?

    Looking at numbers on green house gas emissions and stress.

  12. Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?

    We look at the World Health Organisation鈥檚 latest estimates of the pandemic鈥檚 death toll

  13. Have the oceans become 30% more acidic?

    Tim Harford asks how we measure the health of our oceans

  14. Sweden鈥檚 polarising pandemic response

    Has Sweden鈥檚 pandemic response been a triumph or a disaster鈥r something in-between?

  15. Understanding India through data

    What can data tell us about a country of 1.4 billion people?

  16. Subitising and simplifying: how to better explain numbers

    How can we clearly explain complex numbers to the public without losing their meaning?

  17. Did tea-drinking cut deaths in the Industrial Revolution?

    How tea became an accidental lifesaver in 18th Century England.

  18. Will the war in Ukraine cause a global wheat shortage?

    How much of the worlds wheat comes from Ukraine and Russia

  19. Why has Hong Kong鈥檚 Covid wave been so bad?

    What鈥檚 behind one of the worst Covid death rates ever?

  20. Pizza and nuclear war

    How good negotiation can help us split pizzas fairly and also avoid nuclear war.

  21. Does the UK take in more refugees than other European countries?

    Fact checking Boris Johnson鈥檚 claim

  22. Numbers in Ukraine and low seas in Chagos

    Troop and casualty numbers in Ukraine

  23. Did lockdowns save any lives?

    Did lockdowns actually save any lives?

  24. Hospitalisation rates for children with Covid

    What does the data tell us?

  25. Testosterone and sport

    Trans women鈥檚 participation in elite sport

  26. Placebo: Can you fool your brain?

    Looking at the power of expectations

  27. Fertility rates: Baby boom or bust?

    Fertility rates around the world

  28. Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

    Should women be worried about having a male surgeon?

  29. QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?

    Fact checking a QAnon claim.

  30. How much plastic is in the ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?

    Can two social media stars remove $30million worth of plastic from the ocean?

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