More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
Lula鈥檚 鈥渮ero deforestation鈥� plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil鈥檚 new president save it?
Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?
Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?
Do half of new books really sell fewer than twelve copies?
We look into a claim that 50% of new books in the US sell just a handful of copies.
Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking
Tim Harford explains the work of this year鈥檚 Nobel Economics Prize winners
Catching Chess Cheats with Data
A cheating scandal is rocking the world of chess - and data is at its heart
Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities
We debunk a claim that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants
NASA鈥檚 asteroid collision: how many asteroids are really out there?
As NASA rams an asteroid to try and alter its course, how many are yet to be discovered?
Falling pound, the Queen鈥檚 funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?
How worried should we be about the steep falls in the pound?
Ukraine鈥檚 progress in numbers
We ask how much progress Ukraine has really made in recapturing territory from Russia.
