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Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?
The numbers behind water use and denim production
How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?
In the wake of the historic overturning of Roe vs Wade, we look at the statistics.
Covid climb, childcare costs and why can’t the French count properly?
How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave?
Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences
Ed Sheeran thinks that musical coincidences will always happen… but do the numbers agree?
Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics
Do rail workers really earn £13,000 a year more than nurses?
How often do people have sex?
Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America.
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors?
Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer
The maths professor on the choices she and others have faced after a cancer diagnosis
Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets
The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working – how come?
Are girls starting puberty earlier?
We look into a claim that the age of girls’ puberty is falling rapidly
