More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?
We investigate the claim that each of us sees thousands of adverts every single day
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How much money do the 鈥楴drangheta mafia make?
We investigate whether one criminal group could have a turnover of billions of dollars
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Numbers of the year 2023
Hand-picked stats that tell you something interesting about the world
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Can chocolate be better than salad?
We investigate a nutritional conundrum 鈥� can chocolate ever be better for you than salad?
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China鈥檚 missing numbers
How the Chinese state make inconvenient statistics disappear
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Does endurance sport harm your heart?
We investigate the connection between high levels of exercise and arrhythmia
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Will there be a billion climate refugees?
We investigate if floods, droughts and storms will cause mass international migration
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A boy meets girl meets stats story
A data scientist takes on rom com films to see how women in STEM are represented
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Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?
Checking out stats on boozing Brits and fishing fleets in the South China Sea.
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Can maths prove the existence of aliens?
We look a famous equation which tries to explain whether life exists in outer space
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Do Indian women own 11% of the world鈥檚 gold?
The cultural importance of gold is well known 鈥� but how much do Indians actually own?
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The overlooked mathematicians of history
A global history of mathematics, from ancient China to the Middle East
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What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?
We ask whether the 鈥榳indscreen phenomenon鈥� suggests falling numbers of insects
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Greedy jobs and the gender pay gap
Tim Harford discusses the work of Nobel Economics prize winner Claudia Goldin
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Are half the words in English from French?
We ask whether almost half the words in the English language are of French origin.
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Is the UK really ahead in cutting carbon emissions?
As the UK changes course in its path to net zero, how does it compare with other nations?
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Which city has the longest canals?
We dive into the world of waterways after a listener asked who has the longest canals.
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How to approach the world through numbers
Professor David Sumpter talks to Tim Harford about his new book
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Did 35,000 Americans die building the Panama Canal?
We fact check a claim made by Donald Trump about the world famous canal
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What percentage of our brain do we actually use?
Do we have access to some or all of our brain-power?
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How safe is the release of Fukushima nuclear plant water?
We ask whether there are any risks posed by the release into the Pacific Ocean
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How many butterflies are there in the world?
The world鈥檚 butterfly population doesn鈥檛 seem to be online 鈥� so what is it?
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Why is it so hard to predict the outcome of competitions like the Premier League?
What variables do we look at when we try to predict the outcome of a sports competition?
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Are the media exaggerating how hot it is in the Mediterranean?
A look at how accurately media report on the weather 鈥� especially recent heatwaves.
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Data, extreme weather and climate change
The role data plays in climate attribution - and why we don鈥檛 always have it
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Ukraine war: A new way of calculating Russian deaths
How Russian journalists are using probate records to estimate fatalities
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Are more adult nappies sold in Japan than baby ones?
We examine a claim related to the perception of Japan as an ageing society.
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Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?
The numbers behind water use and denim production.
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Will there be just six grandchildren for every 100 South Koreans?
We look at the numbers around South Korea鈥檚 birth rate and the reasons why it鈥檚 so low.
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US national debt: Is $32 trillion a big number?
How concerned should we be about how much the US government borrows?
