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Will the war in Ukraine cause a global wheat shortage?

How much of the worlds wheat comes from Ukraine and Russia

• 8 mins

Did tea-drinking cut deaths in the Industrial Revolution?

How tea became an accidental lifesaver in 18th Century England.

• 8 mins

Subitising and simplifying: how to better explain numbers

How can we clearly explain complex numbers to the public without losing their meaning?

• 8 mins

Understanding India through Data

What can data tell us about a country of 1.4 billion people?

• 8 mins

Sweden鈥檚 polarising pandemic response

Has Sweden鈥檚 pandemic response been a triumph or a disaster鈥�or something in-between?

• 8 mins

Have the oceans become 30% more acidic?

Tim Harford asks how we measure the health of our oceans

• 8 mins

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

• 8 mins

Are just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions and how stressed are South Africans?

Looking at numbers on green house gas emissions and stress

• 8 mins

Germany鈥檚 excess deaths, Eurovision and teacher shortages

Did Germany really fare worse than the UK in the pandemic?

• 29 mins

Are young people more single than ever before?

How to define and measure being single 鈥� and are dating apps to blame?

• 8 mins

Noisy Decisions

The world鈥檚 most famous psychologist on how 'noise' impacts our decision making

• 8 mins

Jubilee costs, fuel poverty and imperial measures

We debunk a claim the government is spending 拢38,000 per household on the Jubilee

• 28 mins

Are girls starting puberty earlier?

We look into a claim that the age of girls鈥� puberty is falling rapidly

• 8 mins

Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets

The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working 鈥� how come?

• 28 mins

Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer

The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis

• 10 mins

Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes

Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors?

• 28 mins

How often do people have sex?

Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America.

• 8 mins

Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics

Do rail workers really earn 拢13,000 a year more than nurses?

• 28 mins

Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences

Ed Sheeran thinks that musical coincidences will always happen鈥� but do the numbers agree?

• 11 mins

Covid climb, childcare costs and why can鈥檛 the French count properly?

How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave?

• 29 mins

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.

• 9 mins

Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?

The numbers behind water use and denim production

• 10 mins

Is Uganda about to become a middle income country?

We assess President Museveni鈥檚 claim that Uganda is nearing a higher economic status.

• 10 mins

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.

• 10 mins

How our world measures up

From ancient tally bones to a jar of peanut butter, a look at the history of measurement

• 8 mins

Debunking the Liverpool FC Conspiracy Theory

We debunk spurious rumours that Liverpool FC use asthma medication to enhance performance

• 8 mins

Is opinion polling broken?

Following some high profile slip-ups in recent US elections, is opinion polling broken?

• 8 mins

The numbers behind 鈥渘atural鈥� birth control

We examine online claims about the effectiveness of 鈥渘atural鈥� birth control methods

• 9 mins

Kenya鈥檚 Election Rounding Error

Official figures didn鈥檛 add up - but due to rounding, not fraud.

• 8 mins

Energy prices, excess deaths and the race to count to 200

Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?

• 28 mins