More or Less: Behind the Stats Podcast
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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WS MoreOrLess: '鈥楽ympathy鈥� for jihadis
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Are claims that one in five British Muslims 鈥榮ympathise with jihadis鈥� correct?
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WS MoreOrLess: Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Creativity and Mental Illness
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?
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WS MoreOrLess: China's One Child Policy
Fri 6 Nov 2015
As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Processed Meat and Cancer
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Oil
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.
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WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.
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WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study.
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WS MoreOrLess: Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅
Fri 2 Oct 2015
Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out.
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Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's
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WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?
Fri 25 Sep 2015
How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.
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Striking Numbers
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?
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Is it worth targetting non-voters?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Can the left rely on non-voters to get them into power? Tim Harford looks at the numbers.
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Queuing Backwards
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.
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Fit for work or at deaths door?
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Are thousands dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? Is sugar bad?
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WS MoreOrLess: China Stock Market Crash
Fri 28 Aug 2015
The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really 鈥楤lack Monday鈥�?
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China Stock Market Crash
Fri 28 Aug 2015
The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? with Tim Harford
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WS MoreOrLess: The Elliptical Pool Table
Fri 21 Aug 2015
Tim Harford tests the geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.
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Soaring diabetes - is there some good news?
Fri 21 Aug 2015
Diabetes cases are soaring, but is this down to new diagnoses? Tim Harford investigates.
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WS More or Less: Wrestlers - dying too young?
Fri 7 Aug 2015
Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?
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WSMoreOrLess: Counting Foreign Fighters
Fri 31 Jul 2015
How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?
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WS MoreOrLess: Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History
Fri 17 Jul 2015
What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?
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Greece Special
Fri 10 Jul 2015
Tim Harford and the More or Less team look at the numbers behind the Greek crisis.
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Biggest Movies
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Jurassic World took $511m in its first weekend. Why have recent films done so well?
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WS MoreOrLess: Horoscope Health
Fri 19 Jun 2015
Can your horoscope predict which diseases you鈥檒l develop?
