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Do we eat a credit card's worth of microplastic each week?
We look at whether humans really ingest five grams of microplastic on a weekly basis

Are companies making more money from their customers?
We investigate claims mark-ups are larger than ever

Is planet Earth getting greener?
Jordan Peterson says Earth has greened by 20% in 20 years. Is he right?

Does a language die every two weeks?
Languages are disappearing. We investigate claims of how often this happens

Are women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters?
We unpick the idea that women outnumber men by 14 to 1 as casualties of natural disasters

Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?
Exploring the link between bumpy flights and climate change.

Federer’s 54%: Tennis stats explained
How Federer became the best in the world winning just over half the points he played

The magic of trigonometry
Tim Harford interviews Matt Parker on his latest book ‘Love Triangle’

How a tick box doubled the US maternal mortality rates.
We investigate changes to the way the US gathers their maternal mortality statistics

Do ‘pig butchering’ cyber scams make as much as half Cambodia’s GDP?
We investigate the money made by an international cybercrime operations.