More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the Fifa football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
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Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
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Lula鈥檚 'zero deforestation' plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil鈥檚 new president save it?
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Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?
Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?
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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.
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Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking
Tim Harford explains the work of this year鈥檚 Nobel Economics Prize winners
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Catching chess cheats with data
A cheating scandal is rocking the world of chess - and data is at its heart
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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?
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Ukraine鈥檚 progress in numbers
We ask how much progress Ukraine has really made in recapturing territory from Russia.
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How bad is fashion for the environment?
Does fashion really account for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions?
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Is a third of Pakistan really under water?
We investigate a widely reported claim as Pakistan deals with devastating flooding
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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
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Kenya鈥檚 Election Rounding Error
Official figures didn鈥檛 add up - but due to rounding, not fraud
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The numbers behind 'natural' birth control
We examine online claims about the effectiveness of 鈥渘atural鈥� birth control methods
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Is opinion polling broken?
Following some high profile slip-ups in recent US elections, is opinion polling broken?
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Debunking the Liverpool FC conspiracy theory
We debunk spurious rumours that Liverpool FC use asthma medication to enhance performance
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How our world measures up
From ancient tally bones to a jar of peanut butter, a look at the history of measurement
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Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?
We examine the rules and tech of false starts after the disqualification of Devon Allen.
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Is Uganda about to become a middle income country?
We assess President Museveni鈥檚 claim that Uganda is nearing a higher economic status.
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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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How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?
In the wake of the historic overturning of Roe vs Wade, we look at the statistics.
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Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences
Ed Sheeran thinks that musical coincidences will always happen鈥� but do the numbers agree?
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How often do people have sex?
Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America.
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Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer
The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis
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Are girls starting puberty earlier?
We look into a claim that the age of girls鈥� puberty is falling rapidly
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Noisy decisions
Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman on how 'noise' impacts decision making
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Are just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions?
Looking at numbers on green house gas emissions and stress.
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Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?
We look at the World Health Organisation鈥檚 latest estimates of the pandemic鈥檚 death toll
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Have the oceans become 30% more acidic?
Tim Harford asks how we measure the health of our oceans
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Sweden鈥檚 polarising pandemic response
Has Sweden鈥檚 pandemic response been a triumph or a disaster鈥r something in-between?
