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Missed appointments, graduate pay, plus cocaine on bank notes

Do missed appointments cost the NHS 拢1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree?

• 28 mins

WS More or Less: How Louis Bachelier Scooped Economists by Half a Century

A forgotten French mathematician鈥檚 unusual approach to the stock market.

• 9 mins

Gender Pay Gaps and How to Learn a Language

Why are women paid less than men in specific industries and occupations?

• 27 mins

WS More or Less: Real Lives Behind the Numbers

How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.

• 8 mins

A Girl's First Time, Shark's Stomachs, Prime numbers

First sexual experience - checking the facts.

• 23 mins

Is the US Census Under Threat?

The survey question that could affect the accuracy of its results.

• 9 mins

Transgender Numbers, Parkrun and Snooker

How many transgender people are there in the UK? Plus a statistical take on parkruns.

• 31 mins

WS More or Less: Is China On Track to End Poverty by 2020?

We investigate whether the Chinese government can really achieve its extraordinary pledge

• 13 mins

The Dow, Tampons, Parkrun part II

Why the biggest ever fall in the Dow wasn't, and how much do women spend on tampons?

• 28 mins

WS More or Less: Has Russian Drinking Fallen by 80% in five years?

Alcohol consumption has fallen sharply according to Russia鈥檚 health ministry

• 6 mins

UN rape claims, Stalin and Mr Darcy

Back of the envelope calculations on rape, and how many died under Stalin?

• 28 mins

WS More or Less: Debunking guide 鈥� on a postcard

How to question dubious statistics in just a few short steps.

• 10 mins

WS More or Less: The Winter Olympics

Which is the most successful country? Plus the chances of a dead heat.

• 11 mins

WS More or Less: Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test

Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight

• 13 mins

WS More or Less: Sir Roger Bannister

Did Sir Roger Bannister make the 鈥榠mpossible鈥� possible?

• 9 mins

Factchecking Trump on Trade

The US President regularly talks about America's trade deficit - do his figures stack up?

• 9 mins

Were 鈥榚xtra鈥� votes counted in Russia鈥檚 presidential election?

We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia

• 9 mins

WS More or Less: How Deadly Was 1920s Melbourne?

We investigate the murder rate in popular crime series Miss Fisher鈥檚 Murder Mysteries.

• 8 mins

WS More or Less: Why London鈥檚 Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York鈥檚

Finding out if London is now more deadly than New York.

• 8 mins

WS More More or Less: Are We Breathing Unsafe Air?

The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?

• 9 mins

WS More or Less: How Should We Think About Spending?

Tim Harford talks to economist Dan Ariely about the psychology of money.

• 8 mins

Straws, women on boards, plus animals born each day

Measuring plastic pollution, female FTSE directors and counting animal offspring.

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Puerto Rico - statistics versus politics

Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence

• 10 mins

Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms

Calculating the benefits and risks of breast screening. Plus, patchy citizenship data.

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Exposing the biases we have of the world

Statistician Hans Rosling鈥檚 family talk about the book they co-wrote about preconceptions

• 9 mins

Abortion, modern slavery, math versus maths

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

• 23 mins

WS More or Less: Tulipmania mythology

What is the truth behind the 17th Century Dutch craze for Tulips?

• 11 mins

Poverty, Progress 8 and how green is grass?

Are more working families in poverty? Plus exploring the new school league tables.

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: James Comey - Basketball Superstar?

Does being very tall improve your chances of becoming a professional basketball player?

• 9 mins

Forecasting rain, teabags and voter ID trials

How to read the weather forecast, plus measuring the amount of tea we drink.

• 23 mins