How safe is the release of Fukushima nuclear plant water?
26 Aug 2023
9m
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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Episodes
How many butterflies are there in the world?
19 Aug 2023
8m
Why is it so hard to predict the outcome of competitions like the Premier League?
12 Aug 2023
9m
Are the media exaggerating how hot it is in the Mediterranean?
05 Aug 2023
8m
Data, extreme weather and climate change
29 Jul 2023
8m
Ukraine war: A new way of calculating Russian deaths
22 Jul 2023
9m
Are more adult nappies sold in Japan than baby ones?
15 Jul 2023
9m
Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?
08 Jul 2023
9m
Immigration: A More or Less Special Programme
05 Jul 2023
28m
Will there be just 6 grandchildren for every 100 South Koreans?
01 Jul 2023
9m
Halving inflation, Scottish tidal power and have 1 in 3 women had an abortion?
28 Jun 2023
31m
US National Debt: is $32 trillion a big number?
24 Jun 2023
8m
Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?
21 Jun 2023
28m
Is breastfeeding the key to exam success?
17 Jun 2023
9m
Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?
14 Jun 2023
32m
Counting Hunger in India
10 Jun 2023
9m
Lib Dem ambulance claims, affordable rent and goat meat
07 Jun 2023
28m
A short history of data
03 Jun 2023
9m
Food prices, net migration and beef about beef
31 May 2023
30m
Are young people more single than ever before?
28 May 2023
8m
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