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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
According to the World Health organisation, smoking kills some 7 million people every year. It is one of the world’s leading causes of preve...
If you spend much time on social media, and we don’t necessarily recommend it, then you’ve probably come across a strange fascination with w...
Vaccine policy in the US is something of an ideological battleground. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a vaccine sceptic, and since t...
US president Donald Trump is no fan of wind turbines, or windmills as he calls them. Not only does he think they ruin the view from a golf c...
Sometimes it is obvious to everyone when an idea is harmful, or a piece of advice is damaging. But not always. Occasionally bad ideas and te...
When you’re listening to the news, you will often hear words that are meant to communicate the probability of something happening. A terrori...
As Artificial Intelligence continues to expand rapidly, some people have raised concerns about its potential environmental impact - in parti...
Paul Ehrlich’s bestselling book The Population Bomb opens with an apocalyptic paragraph. “The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” it st...
In most sports, men compete against men and women compete against women. That is generally considered fair, because men are faster, more pow...
On Saturday 28th February, the US and Israel launched a military attack on Iran, targeting the country's missile infrastructure, military si...
Have a million new species just been discovered? That’s the claim made by Dr Oliver Vince, co-founder of a company called Basecamp Research,...
AI can make mistakes – and AI chatbots like ChatGPT warn you about that whenever you ask them anything. These mistakes sometimes involve mak...
Modern sport can seem awash with money, but it’s been claimed that the richest sportsperson of all is an ancient Roman Charioteer from the s...
Chelsea striker Liam Delap has recently stunned fans on Instagram by apparently doing incredibly complicated calculations in his head, findi...
Could European Nato members use their large holdings of US shares and bonds to put pressure on America? It’s a question that some in Europe...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: Is it true that someone needs to earn £71,000 before they receive more...
The vast island of Greenland has found itself at the centre of a geopolitical crisis. But a little bit of geography can help us see the situ...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: How far away is Greenland from the United States? We check a number Fro...
In Autumn 2025 a paper in South Korea was published that excited many a vaccine sceptic online. The paper claimed that receiving a vaccinati...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: A headline in the Mail says more than 100 private schools have closed s...
When people think of oil rich nations their mind generally goes to Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the US. But according to international statistics,...
What kind of state does the UK find itself in as we start 2026? That’s the question Tim Harford and the More or Less team is trying to answe...
What kind of state does the UK find itself in as we start 2026? That’s the question Tim Harford and the More or Less team is trying to answe...
What kind of state does the UK find itself in as we start 2026? That’s the question Tim Harford and the More or Less team is trying to answe...
What kind of state does the UK find itself in as we start 2026? That’s the question Tim Harford and the More or Less team is trying to answe...
What kind of state does the UK find itself in as we start 2026? That’s the question Tim Harford and the More or Less team is trying to answe...
From record-breaking passenger numbers, to some more record-breaking numbers - courtesy of the Men’s football World Cup. We look forward to...
From the number of women in space and transistors on a chip to social media usage -we’re taking a look back the key numerical moments of 202...
We look back at some stand out numbers of 2025. How significant were Trump’s import tariffs? China sets the pace for solar power installatio...
The surprising things we learn when we count everyone - a tour of the UK census through time. We also figure out just how many parking offic...
A loyal listener wrote in to question this claim made by neuroscientist Dr Daniel Levitin: "Here in the US valium in a pharmacy might be $3...
The NHS is warning of an unprecedented flu season - we check what the numbers say. Is there really a mass exodus of Brits leaving the UK due...
Whether we like it or not, global warming is happening. The global temperature has already gone up, and it’s going to go up more, because th...
Around the world, many countries are concerned about tackling the decline in birth rates and total fertility rates. The US is no exception....
In the later part of the 20th century, a pioneering group of economists started shaking up their academic field. These “behavioural economis...
For months, the share prices of tech companies have marched seemingly-ever upward, driven by fevered excitement about the potential of Artif...
Bernie Sanders says a vast amount of wealth - $50 trillion - has moved from 90% of the population to the wealthiest Americans since the 1970...
The US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is on a mission to make America healthy again. One of his health-promotion ideas is to reduce c...
Vlad III Dracula, the Wallachian Prince who became Bram Stokers inspiration behind his famous vampire 'Count Dracula,' was a brutal ruler. S...
Do you ever have fights with your partner about who does more of the housework and whether it’s fair? Well data might have the answer. Corin...
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been awarded this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The three are sharing...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: The Conservative party conference has been told that millions of people...
In a recent speech to the UN, US president Donald Trump set out some remarkable figures on the proportion of inmates in European prisons who...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: The Daily Mail says that over half of the UK population live in househo...
When you follow the news, particularly in countries like the UK and the US, it sometimes feels like people are less optimistic about their l...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: US President Donald Trump claims he has ended seven “unendable” wars. I...
In early February 2025, something strange started happening across US government websites. Decades of data began disappearing from webpages...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says it was easier to deport illegal migran...
On September the 10th 2025, right-wing political activist and media personality Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at an event in...
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: Nigel Farage says 6.5 million people are on out-of-work benefits – with...