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Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus
How fast are alligators and hippos?
Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators’ gaits
Coronavirus: The numbers
An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford
Artificial (not so) Intelligence
Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?
Netflix v the environment
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
How much heat do you lose from your head?
Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?
The mystery of Iran’s coronavirus numbers
Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?
Mitigation or suppression: What’s best to tackle coronavirus?
How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic
Covid-19: The risks
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective
Are more men dying from coronavirus?
Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.
Should you wear a face mask?
Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.
Superforecasting the Coronavirus
Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?
Comparing countries' coronavirus performance
Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?
Climate change and birdsong
With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?
Covid-19 fatality rate
Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?
Social distancing and government borrowing
Where do the different social distancing measurements come from?
60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots
Can there really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil?
Coronavirus baby boom and vitamin D
Are we going to have a coronavirus baby boom?
Keep your distance
Tim Harford examines how can we avoid infection spreading, while getting on with life.
Spanish coronavirus figures and pangolins
Are pangolins the most trafficked animal in the world?
Who should be quarantined?
Tim Harford finds out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection.
A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave
Tim Harford looks into why protests haven’t led to a spike in Covid-19 cases
Why Trump is wrong about the USA’s coronavirus case comeback
The data behind the rise in coronavirus cases in the US
Sweden’s lockdown lite
Sweden stayed open during the pandemic – how well did it work?
Covid misconceptions and US deaths
How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?
Data in the time of cholera
A journey back to the birth of epidemiology
Covid in Africa
Do we have enough data to know what’s happening on the continent?
Melting Antarctic ice
If all the ice in Antarctica melted, would global sea levels rise by 70 metres?
Belarus’ contested election
Tim Harford looks at the numbers behind the widely questioned election result
Obesity and poker
Tim Harford looks at Covid-19 and obesity. Plus, what poker teaches us about statistics.
Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?
Is convalescent plasma therapy effective for treating Covid-19?