More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Remembering Daniel Kahneman
Tim Harford on the great social scientist, who has died at the age of 90
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Whatβs happening to Arctic ice?
Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?
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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
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Is public speaking really our biggest fear?
Tim Harford investigates the claim that public speaking is peopleβs number one fear.
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Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?
Is it really true that in extremely long races, women run faster than men?
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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?
How much does a manβs height affect his chances of becoming an NBA basketball player?
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The digital βrobotsβ unlocking medical data
Ben Goldacre on OpenSAFELY, protecting patient privacy while analysing health data
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The global gender split in young peopleβs politics
Tim Harford investigates the growing political divergence between young men and women.
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A pocket-size history of the calculator
Tim Harford explores the history of calculators from clockwork to the Kashio brothers
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Is Oxfam right about the worldβs richest and poorest people?
We investigate how Oxfam use wealth stats to illustrate global inequality
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Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?
We investigate how the vast possibilities in chess compare to the vastness of the universe
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Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?
We investigate the claim that each of us sees thousands of adverts every single day
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How much money do the βNdrangheta mafia make?
We investigate whether one criminal group could have a turnover of billions of dollars
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Numbers of the year 2023
Hand-picked stats that tell you something interesting about the world
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Can chocolate be better than salad?
We investigate a nutritional conundrum β can chocolate ever be better for you than salad?
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Chinaβs missing numbers
How the Chinese state make inconvenient statistics disappear
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Does endurance sport harm your heart?
We investigate the connection between high levels of exercise and arrhythmia
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Will there be a billion climate refugees?
We investigate if floods, droughts and storms will cause mass international migration
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A boy meets girl meets stats story
A data scientist takes on rom com films to see how women in STEM are represented
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Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?
Checking out stats on boozing Brits and fishing fleets in the South China Sea.
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Can maths prove the existence of aliens?
We look a famous equation which tries to explain whether life exists in outer space
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Do Indian women own 11% of the worldβs gold?
The cultural importance of gold is well known β but how much do Indians actually own?
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The overlooked mathematicians of history
A global history of mathematics, from ancient China to the Middle East
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What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?
We ask whether the βwindscreen phenomenonβ suggests falling numbers of insects
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Greedy jobs and the gender pay gap
Tim Harford discusses the work of Nobel Economics prize winner Claudia Goldin
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Are half the words in English from French?
We ask whether almost half the words in the English language are of French origin.
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Is the UK really ahead in cutting carbon emissions?
As the UK changes course in its path to net zero, how does it compare with other nations?
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Which city has the longest canals?
We dive into the world of waterways after a listener asked who has the longest canals.
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How to approach the world through numbers
Professor David Sumpter talks to Tim Harford about his new book
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Did 35,000 Americans die building the Panama Canal?
We fact check a claim made by Donald Trump about the world famous canal