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    Ireland鈥檚 Shock GDP figures

    Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the world?

  2. Violence, shootings and the police in the US

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers surrounding police shootings in the USA.

  3. Sleeping: the 8-hour myth

    Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?

  4. Ranking Iceland鈥檚 Football Team

    Are Iceland's football team the best in the world per capita?

  5. Brexit Economics

    What will happen to trade and business in the UK after leaving the EU?

  6. When Companies Track Your Life

    How are companies using our personal data?

  7. Sexist Data Crisis

    Are we collecting enough data about women?

  8. HIV in Africa

    Is it true that 74% of African girls aged 15-24 HIV positive?

  9. Refugee Camp Statistics

    Is it true that the average stay in a refugee camp is 17 years?

  10. The World's Most Profitable Product

    Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?

  11. The World鈥檚 Most Diverse City

    Is it true that London is the most diverse city in the world?

  12. Leicester City football fluke?

    The statistics behind the English Premier League鈥檚 surprise winners

  13. Simpson鈥檚 Paradox

    We explore how statistics can support two seemingly contradictory results.

  14. Most Expensive Building

    How much to build The Great Pyramid, a nuclear power station, or an airport?

  15. The Life Expectancy of a Pope

    Statistics show that the Head of the Catholic Church can expect to live to an old age

  16. The story of average

    How astronomers introduced the world to the average.

  17. The Great EU Cabbage Myth

    Does the European Union dedicate 26,911 words to cabbage regulation?

  18. Safe Drinking

    UK Alcohol guidelines recommend drinking less 鈥� but do the numbers support them?

  19. Mobiles or lightbulbs

    Are there more mobile phones than lightbulbs in Uganda? And thyroid cancer in Fukushima.

  20. Can We Trust Food Surveys?

    The pitfalls of nutrition science - how do really know what people are eating?

  21. Fact checking The Big Short

    Is it true that 鈥渆very one percent unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die"?

  22. Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

    The world needs new antibiotics so how do we entice big pharmaceuticals back in?

  23. When 拢10,000 isn鈥檛 a good incentive

    Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie O鈥橲ullivan?

  24. Fishy numbers?

    Will there be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050?

  25. Do e-Cigarettes Harm Your Chances of Quitting?

    Should research described as 'misleading; and 'not scientific' have been published?

  26. Swedish Refugees

    Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden's teenage population?

  27. Oxfam and Wealth Inequality

    Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?

  28. Gravitational Waves

    In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein鈥檚 theory.

  29. Numbers of the Year 2015: Part Three

    Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers making the news in 2015

  30. Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2

    Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.

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