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New hospitals promised, Aid to Ukraine, Bacon sandwiches

Dissecting the government鈥檚 hospitals announcement and President Trump鈥檚 Ukraine claims.

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Election Special (1/2)

50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.

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Election Special (2/2)

Labour spending plans, Conservative claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record.

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Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

How many animals have died in Australia and how many Labour voters went Conservative?

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Going, going Ghosn

Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck

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Netflix and Chill

The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto

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Coronavirus, emotions and guns

Numbers that matter in measuring outbreaks, smelly stats around scent and more.

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Tracking Terror Suspects

Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP

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Coronavirus, Jam, AI and Tomatoes

Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables

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Coronavirus special

The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy

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Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom

Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?

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Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity

Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?

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Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong

We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. When is the UK going to be past the worst?

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Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown

Are doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?

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Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.

Did the UK really carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests in one day?

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Vitamin D, explaining R and the 2 metre rule

Is Vitamin D an under-appreciated weapon in the fight against Covid-19?

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School re-opening, Germany鈥檚 Covid success and statistically savvy parrots

Will re-opening some schools put children or their teachers at risk?

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Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals, and is this wave of the epidemic waning?

Does the data show this wave of the epidemic is waning in the UK?

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False negatives, testing capacity and pheasants

How accurate are the swab tests used to diagnose Covid-19?

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Antibody tests, early lockdown advice and European deaths

Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together?

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Quarantine, Test and Trace and BODMAS

Is it true that Covid-19 mostly kills people who would die soon anyway?

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Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave

As lockdown eases, why hasn't there been a spike in infections?

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Why Did the UK Have Such a Bad Covid-19 Epidemic?

Bad decision-making, bad advice, or bad luck?

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Hawaiian Pizza, Obesity and a Second Wave?

Covid-19 cases are rising in the UK, is it a sign of a second wave of the virus?

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A-level algorithms, poker and buses

We unpick the A-level algoshambles and discover what poker teaches us about statistics.

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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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Schools and coronavirus, test and trace, maths and reality

Evidence on Covid-19 risks in schools, data on contact tracing, and a philosophical query.

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Covid cases rising, a guide to life鈥檚 risks, and racing jelly-fish

How worrying is the UK鈥檚 jump in cases? Plus balancing risks and the speed of jelly-fish.

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Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara

Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK鈥檚 record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes.

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Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen鈥檚 head

How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off.

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