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More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes

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    Are half the words in English from French?

    We ask whether almost half the words in the English language are of French origin.

  2. Are girls starting puberty earlier?

    We look into a claim that the age of girls鈥� puberty is falling rapidly

  3. Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

    Should women be worried about having a male surgeon?

  4. Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?

    Investigating the relationship between matrimony and melancholy.

  5. Are companies making more money from their customers?

    We investigate claims mark-ups are larger than ever

  6. Are CEOs worth it? (R4)

    Executive pay, chess and trouble on the Greek railway.

  7. Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?

    How baby mortality statistics gave a misleading impression about racism in healthcare

  8. Are African leaders more likely to die in office?

    The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the fourth African premier to die this year alone.

  9. Are Afghan nationals more likely to be convicted of sexual offences?

    National debt, Afghan crime, menopause retirement and literal snail pace.

  10. Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

    Looking at the data behind abortion in a post Dobbs America.

  11. Are abortion numbers rising in the US?

    Looking at the data behind abortion in a post Dobbs America.

  12. Are 80% of women really only attracted to 20% of men?

    Dispelling an incel myth that featured in the Netflix drama Adolescence

  13. Are 72% of prison inmates in Switzerland foreign?

    Donald Trump says three quarters of Swiss prisoners are not Swiss. Is he right?

  14. 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?

  15. Are 4% of young women in the UK on OnlyFans?

    Plus, asylum seeker hotel bill, Scottish water use and 1950s childcare claim

  16. Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?

    Is this 鈥榯he biggest fraud in the whole of history鈥�?

  17. Ants and Algorithms

    David Sumpter describes the algorithms ruling the world

  18. Antibody tests, early lockdown advice and European deaths

    Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together?

  19. Angelina Jolie鈥檚 87% cancer risk

    As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...

  20. Angelina Jolie鈥檚 87% cancer risk

    As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...

  21. Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs

    How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance?

  22. Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers

    Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?

  23. Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers

    Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?

  24. Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate

    Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's

  25. African Trade Tariffs; Alcohol Safe Limits; President Trump's Popularity

    Tim Harford fact checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many

  26. Abortion, modern slavery, math versus maths

    The British abortion statistics gaining attention in Ireland's referendum debate

  27. A&E, and the chances of having twins

    A&E waiting times have been making the headlines - Tim Harford takes a look at some of...

  28. A&E waiting times

    The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time target with performance a...

  29. A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers

    How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?

  30. A-levels, drowning and dress sizes

    Are boys getting more top A Level grades than girls? Plus why are dress sizes so weird?

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