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Zimbabwe’s economy: Are sanctions to blame?
We look at politicians’ claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe’s difficulties.
Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?
We compare how deadly different forms of power generation are.
Questioning the Chernobyl disaster death count
We fact check the recent TV drama Chernobyl
Are married women flipping miserable?
Questioning the claim that unmarried women without children are the happiest
Dealing with the numbers of cancer
How one woman used statistics to help cope with cancer
The things we fail to see
The hidden influences that make a big difference to the way the world works
Volcanoes versus humans
Does Mount Etna produce more carbon emissions than humans? We check the numbers.
Florence Nightingale – recognising the nurse statistician
How collecting data about the dead led the famous nurse to promote better sanitation.
Making music out of money
A musical interpretation of a chart depicting the yield-curve of American bonds.
Sex Recession
US and British surveys show people are having less sex than in the past.