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Florence Nightingale and how she visualised data
Tim Harford discusses the power of the nurse statistician鈥檚 groundbreaking diagrams
Spreadsheet disasters
The long and costly history of spreadsheet mistakes
Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer
The mathematician discusses a study that suggests loyalty card data could signal cancer.
Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?
We examine a study that says humans and livestock dominate mammal life on Earth
Does toilet paper cause 15% of global deforestation?
We investigate the impact of our use of toilet paper on the world鈥檚 forests.
How we shook the world of very large numbers
How an edition of More or Less influenced the naming of enormous numbers
Can China's data on Covid deaths be trusted?
Is China under-reporting data on Covid related deaths?
Irish pubs - a global numbers game
Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?
What are the numbers of 2022?
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
Qatar World Cup: The pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
