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Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?

We ask if this year鈥檚 global death toll will surpass 1.8 million.

• 8 mins

Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world

How an obscure theory came into fashion.

• 8 mins

Finding Mexico City鈥檚 real death toll

How two amateur data detectives revealed the pandemic鈥檚 impact.

• 8 mins

Explaining maths without Numbers

Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman about the beauty of maths.

• 8 mins

The medical trial that proved Trump wrong

The Recovery Trial identified drugs that did and did not help save lives.

• 8 mins

Wales jab success, Eurovision and living with your parents

How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK鈥檚 singing contest woes.

• 28 mins

The Seaspiracy 鈥渧irtually empty ocean鈥� claim

Why it鈥檚 unlikely our oceans will be virtually empty by 2048.

• 8 mins

Bolton vaccines, Yorkshire versus Scotland and the average gamer

Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day?

• 28 mins

Third wave fears, smart motorways and bra sizes

Should we worry about Covid cases rising? Plus are smart motorways safe?

• 28 mins

The doubling of life-expectancy

The story of how data helped extend our lives

• 8 mins

Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes

The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK鈥檚 low ranking waters.

• 28 mins

The origins of Covid

How similar are the Covid strains?

• 8 mins

Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim

Should we worry about the Delta variant? Plus how much do blue tits eat?

• 29 mins

Maths and the Mayflower

Are there really 35 million descendants of the Mayflower alive today?

• 8 mins

Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor

Covid 19 cases are on the rise in Scotland, plus will your town be under water by 2030?

• 28 mins

Is Ivermectin a Covid 鈥榳onder drug鈥�?

What do we know about the efficacy of Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19?

• 8 mins

Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?

Recent reports have claimed that Nigeria has 40 million Twitter users 鈥� but is this true?

• 8 mins

The Freedom Day Gamble

Tim Harford and the team try to work out how long Covid cases will continue to rise.

• 28 mins

The Rise of Delta

Where鈥檚 this new Variant spreading and what can be done to stop it?

• 8 mins

Breaking Climate Records

The odds and probability behind record-breaking temperatures

• 8 mins

Jab fears explained: a base rate fallacy

Why increasing Covid infections amongst the vaccinated isn鈥檛 necessarily bad news

• 8 mins

How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?

What can the data tell us about the quality of the Covid hit games?

• 8 mins

The extraordinary life of Robert Moses

The life of mathematics educator and civil rights organiser, Dr Robert Moses

• 8 mins

Reason, numbers and Mr Spock

What role do numbers play in helping us think more rationally?

• 8 mins

Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs

Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion

• 28 mins

The Bill for Afghanistan

Did the war in Afghanistan cost the US $2 trillion?

• 8 mins

Vaccine waning, hot dogs and Afghanistan

How worried should we be about antibodies? Plus food that shortens life.

• 27 mins

Death, Tax and Dishwashers

Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021?

• 27 mins

How many holes are there in a drinking straw?

Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws.

• 8 mins

Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut

A coronavirus check-in, our daily mask use measured, and the universal credit cut.

• 27 mins