More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors?
Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer
The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis
Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets
The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working – how come?
Are girls starting puberty earlier?
We look into a claim that the age of girls’ puberty is falling rapidly
Jubilee costs, fuel poverty and imperial measures
We debunk a claim the government is spending £38,000 per household on the Jubilee
Noisy Decisions
The world’s most famous psychologist on how 'noise' impacts our decision making
Are young people more single than ever before?
How to define and measure being single – and are dating apps to blame?
Germany’s excess deaths, Eurovision and teacher shortages
Did Germany really fare worse than the UK in the pandemic?
Are just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions and how stressed are South Africans?
Looking at numbers on green house gas emissions and stress
Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?
We look at the World Health Organisation’s latest estimates of the pandemic’s death toll
