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    Counting Catholics

    Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1.2 billion Catholics world-wide is calculated.

  2. How many people support Manchester United ?

    This week Ruth Alexander asks whether Manchester United claim 650 million fans worldwide.

  3. The end of the penny.

    Canada has stopped distributing its smallest coin 鈥搕he one cent or the penny.

  4. A case of statistical significance in Greece

    The case of Andreas Georgiou, head of the Greek statistics agency, charged with treason

  5. Fat or Fiction

    A 鈥榥ew鈥� BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen

  6. Indian Farmer Suicides

    This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India

  7. Food waste and Scrabble

    Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally.

  8. The Parable of the Ox

    Tim Harford tells us about a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition.

  9. Numbers of 2012

    Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.

  10. Fact-checking US gun-crime statistics

    Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths.

  11. What is "rare"?

    When we say something is rare what do we mean?

  12. Nigeria鈥檚 GDP revision and Kate and William鈥檚 bab(ies)

    Where does Nigeria's plans to revise their GDP leave our understanding of growth in Africa

  13. How reliable is Kevin Pietersen?

    Assessing the cricketer's performance in the recent test match between England and India.

  14. Fergie-time

    Fergie-Time. Do Manchester United really get more added time at the end of matches

  15. Brain food and bacteria

    Ruth Alexander explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

  16. Polling voodoo? Predicting the US election

    How did Nate Silver predict the outcome of voting in every state in the US elections?

  17. US Convictions

    Do 99.5% of prosecutions in the US end up in convictions as Conrad Black claims?

  18. Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

    On More or Less this week we look at how the probability of an earthquake is estimated.

  19. Life-saving Economics

    How Nobel prize-winning economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are helping save lives.

  20. Predicting the global population

    Predicting the global population

  21. Predicting the Presidency

    This week Nate Silver tells us who he thinks will win the 2012 Presidential race.

  22. Plenty more fish in the sea?

    Newspaper headlines claim "Just 100 cod left in the North Sea". Can that be right?

  23. Factchecking America

    We ask - who fact-checks the fact-checkers?

  24. Investigating crime statistics

    Investigating Sweden's high rape rate; and which surprising countries top kidnap league?

  25. Where are all the US Paralympics gold medals?

    Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics?

  26. How to explain infinity to a four-year-old

    Can Johnny Ball explain infinity to a 4-year-old? Plus, an interview with Count von Count.

  27. Are African leaders more likely to die in office?

    Are African leaders more likely than their counterparts elsewhere to die in office?

  28. Levelling the statistical playing field

    Which countries over and under achieved at London 2012?

  29. How to lose money - fast

    Is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress or a threat to the financial system

  30. How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?

    How extraordinary was Ye Shiwen's Olympic performance? More or Less looks at the numbers.

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