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Is opinion polling broken?

Following some high profile slip-ups in recent US elections, is opinion polling broken?

• 8 mins

The numbers behind 鈥渘atural鈥� birth control

We examine online claims about the effectiveness of 鈥渘atural鈥� birth control methods

• 9 mins

Kenya鈥檚 Election Rounding Error

Official figures didn鈥檛 add up - but due to rounding, not fraud.

• 8 mins

Energy prices, excess deaths and the race to count to 200

Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?

• 28 mins

Can we use maths to beat the robots?

Why improving how we teach and think about maths could help us keep an edge over machines

• 8 mins

Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris鈥檚 broadband claim

The scale of the disaster is huge, but is a third of Pakistan really under water?

• 28 mins

Is a third of Pakistan really under water?

We investigate a widely reported claim as Pakistan deals with devastating flooding

• 8 mins

Energy crisis plan, imperial measures survey, gardens v national parks

How much will the UK government鈥檚 plan to limit energy price rises end up costing?

• 28 mins

How bad is fashion for the environment?

Does fashion really account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions?

• 8 mins

Ukraine offensive, weak pound & how much do women really exercise

We ask how much progress Ukraine has really made in recapturing territory from Russia

• 28 mins

Ukraine鈥檚 progress in numbers

We ask how much progress Ukraine has really made in recapturing territory from Russia.

• 10 mins

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?

• 29 mins

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?

• 9 mins

Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities

We debunk a claim that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants

• 28 mins

Catching Chess Cheats with Data

A cheating scandal is rocking the world of chess - and data is at its heart

• 8 mins

Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking

Tim Harford explains the work of this year鈥檚 Nobel Economics Prize winners

• 10 mins

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.

• 8 mins

Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?

Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?

• 8 mins

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?

• 8 mins

Improving the numbers in the news

Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news

• 8 mins

Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy

Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast and explains inflation

• 14 mins

A $220 billion World Cup?

Has hosting the FIFA football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?

• 8 mins

When do food shortages become a famine?

With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine

• 8 mins

The World Cup: how many migrant workers have died?

Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar

• 10 mins

Why are data so important in determining how we live?

How good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics

• 8 mins

Qatar World Cup: the pressure of penalties

We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot

• 8 mins

Numbers of the Year 2022

Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.

• 8 mins

Irish pubs - a global numbers game

Are there more Irish pubs in Ireland than in all other countries combined?

• 10 mins

Can China's data on covid deaths be trusted?

Is China under-reporting data on Covid related deaths?

• 9 mins

A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers

How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?

• 28 mins