麻豆约拍

Numbers of the year 2023

Hand-picked stats that tell you something interesting about the world

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How much money do the 鈥楴drangheta mafia make?

We investigate whether one criminal group could have a turnover of billions of dollars

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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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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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Is Oxfam right about the world鈥檚 richest and poorest people?

We investigate how Oxfam use wealth stats to illustrate global inequality

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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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The global gender split in young people鈥檚 politics

Tim Harford investigates the growing political divergence between young men and women.

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The digital 鈥榬obots鈥� unlocking medical data

Ben Goldacre on OpenSAFELY, protecting patient privacy while analysing health data

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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?

How much does a man鈥檚 height affect his chances of becoming an NBA basketball player?

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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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Is public speaking really our biggest fear?

Tim Harford investigates the claim that public speaking is people鈥檚 number one fear.

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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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What鈥檚 happening to Arctic ice?

Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?

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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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Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?

The connection between being alone and an early death

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Tackling The Three-Body Problem

Is the physics in Netflix's new show accurate?

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Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?

Investigating claims that the Cass Review ignored 98% of valuable evidence

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Has Milei fixed Argentina鈥檚 inflation problem?

What falling inflation means for Milei鈥檚 austerity plan and economic 鈥渟hock鈥� measures

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Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?

How problems with opt-in polling can lead to controversial headlines

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Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?

What research says about the connection between reading and success in later life.

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Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?

Investigating the relationship between matrimony and melancholy.

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Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

Investigating research which suggested time restricted eating increased the risk of death

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Data for India

Changing India in numbers: what type of country will the next administration lead?

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Why medical error is not the third leading cause of death in the US

Investigating how many deaths are caused by mistakes by doctors and nurses

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Shakespeare鈥檚 maths

Author Rob Eastaway on the numbers in Shakespeare鈥檚 writing

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Do 鈥榩ig butchering鈥� cyber scams make as much as half Cambodia鈥檚 GDP?

We investigate the money made by an international cybercrime operations.

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How a tick box doubled the US maternal mortality rates.

We investigate changes to the way the US gathers their maternal mortality statistics

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The magic of trigonometry

Tim Harford interviews Matt Parker on his latest book 鈥楲ove Triangle鈥�

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Federer鈥檚 54%: Tennis stats explained

How Federer became the best in the world winning just over half the points he played

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Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?

Exploring the link between bumpy flights and climate change.

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