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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

WS More or Less: Australia Calling

Do one in seven businessmen throw out their underwear after wearing them once?

• 11 mins

The High Street, 蜜芽传媒 Births and Harry Potter Wizardry

Is WH Smith really the worst shop on the High Street?

• 20 mins

Counting Rough Sleepers

How do you count the number of people sleeping rough?

• 12 mins

Infant Mortality, How to Reduce Exam Revision With Maths, London鈥檚 Murder Rate

Tim Harford explains how maths can help lazy students can reduce their revision workload

• 24 mins

WS More or Less: How Many Animals are Born Every Day?

From penguins to nematodes - is it possible to count how many animals are born every day?

• 15 mins

FIFA World Cup Extravaganza

How the 鈥榖eautiful game鈥� has changed鈥�through numbers.

• 8 mins

How many words do you need to speak a language?

How many words do you need to speak a language and how many do native speakers use?

• 8 mins

Running at the World Cup

Is it strange that Russian football players have run such big distances?

• 10 mins

Are there more stars than grains of beach sand?

Stars vs Sand. We work out who wins the ultimate cosmic battle.

• 8 mins

How to Cycle Really Fast

How much better are the pros than the rest of us and how effective is slipstreaming?

• 8 mins

Should we have smaller families to save the planet?

Having one fewer child could be the biggest thing you do to reduce your carbon footprint

• 10 mins

Getting Creative with Statistics

How big are your testicles and what does that mean?

• 8 mins

Carbs, Sugar and the Truth

Does a baked potato contain the equivalent of 19 cubes of sugar?

• 8 mins

BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government

The surprising story of GDP and whether it's time to change how we measure our economy

• 28 mins

Numbers Behind a Tweetstorm

How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world?

• 8 mins