More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Episode guide
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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
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Detecting Bad Science with Data
Uncovering fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science
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Dementia, inflation and shark deaths
Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims
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Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim
Should we worry about the Delta variant? Plus how much do blue tits eat?
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Degrees of Debt
We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in...
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Deciding when to suspend a vaccine
Weighing up the risk of unproven side effects with stopping Covid 19.
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Debunking the Liverpool FC Conspiracy Theory
We debunk spurious rumours that Liverpool FC use asthma medication to enhance performance
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Debt, students, shark and chips
What is the government’s rule on debt? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?
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Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants
Fact-checking the leaders' debate, tax evasion savings and the weight of ants
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Deaths, taxes and missing cats
We investigate claims about gun crime, the UK tax burden, and the number of missing cats
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Deaths at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Supermarket Infections and the Cobra Effect
Where are people catching Covid-19?
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Deaths at home, supermarket infections and the Cobra effect
Where are people catching Covid-19?
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Death, Tax and Dishwashers
Why is estimating the number of unvaccinated people so tricky? And how deadly is 2021?
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Death Penalty abolition
The story behind the countries that have not executed anyone for 10 years
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Day light saving time and heart attacks
Does the sudden loss of an hour of sleep raise the risk of having a heart attack?
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Data, extreme weather and climate change
The role data plays in climate attribution - and why we don’t always have it
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Data in the time of cholera
A journey back to the birth of epidemiology
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Data for India
Changing India in numbers: what type of country will the next administration lead?
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Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Can you measure your popularity – or that of anyone or anything – by the number of...
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Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs
Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion
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Covid-19 fatality rate
Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?
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Covid vaccines and false claims about miscarriage
We debunk viral claims that incorrectly link covid-19 vaccines with a risk of miscarriage
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Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut
A coronavirus check-in, our daily mask use measured, and the universal credit cut.
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Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara
Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK’s record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes.
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Covid plasma therapy
Claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers.
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Covid misconceptions and US deaths
How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?
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Covid in Africa
Do we have enough data to know what’s happening on the continent?
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Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK’s low ranking waters.
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Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty
Covid related deaths are rising in England and Wales - we investigate the figures
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Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen’s head
How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off.