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Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter on his new book, The Art of Uncertainty
Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?
A lot of corn is eaten in the United States, but is it really 2.5kg per person per day?
The puzzles you’re meant to get wrong
Alex Bellos sets Tim Harford logical conundrums designed to deceive
Do 85% of the world’s population practice a religion?
Counting religions across the globe – is the world getting more religious or less?
Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?
Poker player and polling analyst Nate Silver on his new book
Who pays when trade wars heat up?
We look at Donald Trump’s claim that tariffs are a tax on other countries
Where have Cuba’s people gone?
We investigate the collapse in the Caribbean island’s population.
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?
