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    Numbers of the Year 2015 - Part One

    A look back at some of the most interesting numbers that made the news during 2015

  2. How many Stormtroopers are there?

    Are Star Wars鈥� Stormtroopers the biggest secret army on Earth?

  3. 100 Year Floods?

    Do so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century?

  4. Climate Change

    Did climate change contribute to the war in Syria?

  5. 鈥楽ympathy鈥� for jihadis.

    Are claims that one in five British Muslims 鈥榮ympathise with jihadis鈥� correct?

  6. Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?

    Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?

  7. Creativity and Mental Illness

    Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?

  8. China鈥檚 One Child Policy

    As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.

  9. Processed Meat and Cancer

    Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.

  10. Oil

    Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.

  11. Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?

    Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.

  12. Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?

    Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study

  13. Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅

    Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out

  14. How Reliable is Psychology Science?

    How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.

  15. The Rise of the Giants?

    Are rugby players getting bigger and bigger?

  16. How Many is Too Many Bananas?

    Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?

  17. Queuing Backwards

    Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.

  18. China Stock Market Crash

    The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really 鈥楤lack Monday鈥�?

  19. The Elliptical Pool Table

    The geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.

  20. Worm Wars

    Are mass deworming projects a good idea?

  21. Wrestlers: Dying Too Young?

    Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?

  22. Counting Foreign Fighters

    How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?

  23. Life Expectancy

    How long might you live?

  24. Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History

    What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?

  25. Greece Special

    Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.

  26. More or Less: The Greek Odyssey

    Tim Harford explains the Greek economic crisis with a little help from Homer鈥檚 Odyssey

  27. Millennium Development Goals

    Have the eight goals for addressing extreme poverty set by the UN made a difference?

  28. Biggest Movies

    Jurassic World took $511m in its first weekend. Why have recent films done so well?

  29. Horoscope Health

    Can your horoscope predict which diseases you will develop?

  30. Global Footprint

    Do we need one and a half planets worth of resources?

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