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    WS More or Less: Counting Crowds

    How many went to celebrate – and how many to protest – the Trump inauguration?

  2. WS More or Less: Could North Korea Wipe out 90% of Americans?

    Experts warn that North Korea could wipe out most Americans in one go.

  3. WS More or Less: Coronavirus - The Numbers

    An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford.

  4. WS More or Less: Coronavirus

    Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus

  5. WS More or Less: Christian Martyrs

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

  6. WS More or Less: Child Marriage, Dangerous Algorithms

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

  7. WS More or Less: Cape Town murders

    Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?

  8. WS More or Less: Bushfire mystery

    Have a billion animals died in Australia’s fires? And which ones are likely to survive?

  9. WS More or Less: Brexit Economics

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

  10. WS More or Less: Big polluters - ships versus cars

    Do the largest ships emit as much pollution as all the cars in the world?

  11. WS More Or Less: Baby Boxes – are they really saving infant’s lives?

    They’ve become a bit of a phenomenon but what’s the evidence that they work?

  12. WS More or Less: Avoiding Asteroids

    We’re getting better at spotting Earth-bound space rocks – but how safe are we?

  13. WS More or Less: Australia Calling

    Do one in seven businessmen throw out their underwear after wearing them once?

  14. WS More or Less: Are Wildfires Really Burning More Land?

    Are Wildfires in the United States and Southern Europe burning more land than before?

  15. WS More or Less: Are US millennials more politically engaged online?

    Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics?

  16. WS More or Less: Are African football players more likely to die on the field?

    After the death of Cheick Tiote, are African footballers more prone to heart attacks?

  17. WS More or Less: Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?

    Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians

  18. WS More or Less: An urban maze

    Why some parts of town are hard to navigate.

  19. WS More or Less: Amazon forest fires

    Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?

  20. WS More or Less: Algorithms, Crime and Punishment

    When maths can get you locked up.

  21. WS More or Less: When’s a Kilogram Not a Kilogram?

    Updating the kilogram.

  22. WS More or Less: Vaccines - The importance of the herd and social media

    What proportion of a population needs to be vaccinated to stop a disease spreading?

  23. WS More or Less: Life, death and data

    Improving data to target help to the poorest people

  24. WS More or Less: How risky is the contraceptive pill?

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

  25. WS More or Less: How not to test public opinion

    The survey by the Indian PM that broke all the polling rules and started a mass protest

  26. WS More or Less: Debunking guide – on a postcard

    How to question dubious statistics in just a few short steps.

  27. WS More or Less: Close Encounters of a Planetary Kind

    Which planet is closest to Earth?

  28. WS More of Less: Surviving the Battle of Britain

    Were Spitfire pilots killed after an average of four weeks in the World War Two battle?

  29. WS More More or Less: Are We Breathing Unsafe Air?

    The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?

  30. Would firing staff 'at will' work? (R4)

    Is there any evidence to support the Beecroft Review's recommended changes to law? and...

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