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Is Suicide Seasonal?
Tim Harford asks which times of the year are riskiest for suicide.

Close Encounters of a Planetary Kind
Which planet is closest to Earth?

The Mathematics of Fever
We look at the numbers behind body temperature – what is normal?

Numbers of the Year Part Two
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs

Numbers of the Year Part One
The numbers that made 2018

Mission: Impossible - Quantifying Santa
What to look out for on Christmas Eve

Dam Lies and Statistics
Are mega-dams really sustainable?

Lennon or McCartney?
How statistical modelling can work out which Beatle wrote which song

Sex and Heart Attacks
Are women more likely to die from a heart attack than men?

Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?
Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians