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Fact checking The Big Short
Is it true that “every one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die"?

Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market
The world needs new antibiotics so how do we entice big pharmaceuticals back in?

When £10,000 isn’t a good incentive
Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan?

Fishy numbers?
Will there be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050?

Do e-Cigarettes Harm Your Chances of Quitting?
Should research described as 'misleading; and 'not scientific' have been published?

Swedish Refugees
Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden's teenage population?

Oxfam and Wealth Inequality
Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?

Gravitational Waves
In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein’s theory.

Numbers of the Year 2015: Part Three
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers making the news in 2015

Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.