More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now

Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?
What research says about the connection between reading and success in later life.

Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?
How problems with opt-in polling can lead to controversial headlines

Has Milei fixed Argentina鈥檚 inflation problem?
What falling inflation means for Milei鈥檚 austerity plan and economic 鈥渟hock鈥� measures

98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?
Investigating claims that the Cass Review ignored valuable evidence

Tackling The Three-Body Problem
Is the physics in Netflix's new show accurate?

Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?
The connection between being alone and an early death

Remembering Daniel Kahneman
Tim Harford on the great social scientist, who has died at the age of 90

Bonus episode: Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow
In an episode of More or Less from 2012, Daniel Kahneman explains his big ideas.

What's happening to Arctic ice?
Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?

Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?
We investigate how much the Russian state is spending on the war in Ukraine.