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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

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60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots
Can there really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil?
23 May 2020,9 mins
School re-opening, Germany’s Covid success and statistically savvy parrots
Will re-opening some schools put children or their teachers at risk?
20 May 2020,28 mins
Social distancing and government borrowing
Where do the different social distancing measurements come from?
16 May 2020,9 mins
Vitamin D, explaining R and the 2 metre rule
Is Vitamin D an under-appreciated weapon in the fight against Covid-19?
13 May 2020,28 mins
Covid-19 fatality rate
Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?
09 May 2020,9 mins
Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.
Did the UK really carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests in one day?
06 May 2020,28 mins
Climate change and birdsong
With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?
02 May 2020,9 mins
Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown
Are doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?
29 Apr 2020,28 mins
Comparing countries' coronavirus performance
Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?
25 Apr 2020,9 mins
Comparing countries, the risk to NHS staff, and birdsong
We compare Covid-19 rates around the world. When is the UK going to be past the worst?
22 Apr 2020,28 mins
Superforecasting the Coronavirus
Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?
18 Apr 2020,9 mins
Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity
Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?
15 Apr 2020,28 mins
Should you wear a face mask?
Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.
11 Apr 2020,9 mins
Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom
Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?
08 Apr 2020,28 mins
Are more men dying from coronavirus?
Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.
04 Apr 2020,9 mins
Covid-19: The risks
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective
28 Mar 2020,9 mins
Coronavirus special
The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy
25 Mar 2020,28 mins
Mitigation or suppression: What’s best to tackle coronavirus?
How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic
21 Mar 2020,9 mins
The mystery of Iran’s coronavirus numbers
Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?
14 Mar 2020,9 mins
How much heat do you lose from your head?
Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?
07 Mar 2020,9 mins
Netflix v the environment
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
29 Feb 2020,9 mins
Artificial (not so) Intelligence
Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?
22 Feb 2020,9 mins
Coronavirus: The numbers
An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford
15 Feb 2020,9 mins
Coronavirus, Jam, AI and Tomatoes
Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables
14 Feb 2020,28 mins
How fast are alligators and hippos?
Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators’ gaits
08 Feb 2020,9 mins
Tracking Terror Suspects
Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP
07 Feb 2020,28 mins
Coronavirus
Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus
01 Feb 2020,9 mins
Coronavirus, emotions and guns
Numbers that matter in measuring outbreaks, smelly stats around scent and more.
31 Jan 2020,28 mins
Dozy science
How much sleep do we really need?
25 Jan 2020,9 mins
Netflix and Chill
The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto
24 Jan 2020,28 mins