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Brexit Economics

What will happen to trade and business in the UK after leaving the EU?

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Ranking Iceland鈥檚 Football Team

Are Iceland's football team the best in the world per capita?

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Sleeping: the 8-hour myth

Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?

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Violence, shootings and the police in the US

Tim Harford investigates the numbers surrounding police shootings in the USA.

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Ireland鈥檚 Shock GDP figures

Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the world?

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Odd Socks and Algorithms

How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?

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Predicting Olympic Medals

What makes a country successful at winning gold, silver and bronze?

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Swimming World Records

Why are swimming world records frequently being broken?

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Counting Terror Deaths

Has 2016 been a particularly bad year for terrorism in Europe?

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Death Penalty abolition

The story behind the countries that have not executed anyone for 10 years

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Menstrual Syncing

Do women鈥檚 periods start to synchronise if they spend time together?

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Drug deaths in the Philippines

How many people have died during President Duterte鈥檚 drug crackdown?

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The Cost of a Wedding Gift

How much should spend when a couple get married?

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Trump鈥檚 crime claims

Are some US inner cities more dangerous than Afghanistan?

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Who Won the US Presidential Debate?

Polling on the Clinton-Trump TV showdown 鈥� and why not all polls are equal

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Sustainable Development Goals 鈥� Are There too Many?

Is there a better way of looking at the Sustainable Development Goals?

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Algorithms, Crime and Punishment

When maths can get you locked up.

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Escobar鈥檚 Cocaine Deaths

How many people die for every kilo of cocaine?

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Child Marriage and Dangerous Algorithms

Is a girl under 15 married every seven seconds? And beware dangerous algorithms

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Ice Cream Versus Aid

Does the world spend more on ice cream than on humanitarian aid?

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Liberia鈥檚 Rape Statistic Debunked

Is the claim that three out of four women were raped during Liberia's civil war true?

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Avoiding Asteroids

We鈥檙e getting better at spotting Earth-bound space rocks 鈥� but how safe are we?

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Good News on Renewables?

Renewable capacity has surpassed that of coal 鈥� is this good news?

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How not to test public opinion

The survey by the Indian PM that breaks all the polling rules.

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How risky is the contraceptive pill?

We look at the numbers behind the scary headlines about birth control.

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Yellow cards for Christmas

Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?

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Life, Death and Data

Improving data to target help for the world's poorest people

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Does Sweden Really Have a Six Hour Day?

Can you reduce working hours without affecting productivity?

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Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?

How much water do we need and how much is too much?

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Christian Martyrs

Were 90,000 Christians killed because of their faith in 2016?

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