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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

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Superforecasting the Coronavirus
Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?
18 Apr 2020,8 mins
Should you wear a face mask?
Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.
11 Apr 2020,8 mins
Coronavirus deaths, face masks and a potential baby boom
Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?
08 Apr 2020,27 mins
Are more men dying from coronavirus?
Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.
04 Apr 2020,8 mins
Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity
Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?
31 Mar 2020,28 mins
The Risk
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 2020,27 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 2020,13 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?
09 Mar 2020,9 mins
Netflix vs the environment
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
29 Feb 2020,8 mins
More or Less: Superforecasting, wood burning stoves and the real story of Hidden Figures
Dipping into the archive for stories on the art of prediction and wood burner pollution
28 Feb 2020,25 mins
Artificial (not so) Intelligence
Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?
22 Feb 2020,8 mins
WS More or Less: Coronavirus - The Numbers
An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford.
15 Feb 2020,8 mins
Coronavirus, jam, AI and tomatoes
Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, and James Wong on vegetables
14 Feb 2020,23 mins
WS More or Less: How fast are Alligators and Hippos?
Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators’ gaits.
08 Feb 2020,10 mins
Tracking terror suspects
Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP
07 Feb 2020,28 mins
WS More or Less: Coronavirus
Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus
01 Feb 2020,8 mins
Coronavirus, emotions and guns.
Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.
31 Jan 2020,28 mins
WS More or Less: 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
WS More or Less: Japan’s 99% Conviction Rate
Quantifying justice in Japan with Tim Harford.
18 Jan 2020,8 mins
Weighing the Cost of Brexit
The cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck
17 Jan 2020,16 mins
WS More or Less: Bushfire mystery
Have a billion animals died in Australia’s fires? And which ones are likely to survive?
11 Jan 2020,9 mins
Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery
How many animals have died in Australia and how many Labour voters went Conservative?
10 Jan 2020,34 mins
C-sections and sharks
Hospital births in China and whether it’s true 50% are delivered by caesarean section
04 Jan 2020,8 mins
Presidential candidates and dementia
The health risks some of the frontrunners in the US presidential race face
28 Dec 2019,8 mins
The Simpsons and maths
We explore the maths secrets of The Simpsons on their 30th anniversary.
20 Dec 2019,8 mins
Koalas
Have bushfires destroyed 80% of the koala habitat in Australia?
13 Dec 2019,8 mins
Election Special (2/2)
Labour's spending plans, Conservatives claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record
10 Dec 2019,27 mins