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Greedy jobs and the gender pay gap

Tim Harford discusses the work of Nobel Economics prize winner Claudia Goldin

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What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?

We ask whether the 鈥榳indscreen phenomenon鈥� suggests falling numbers of insects

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The overlooked mathematicians of history

A global history of mathematics, from ancient China to the Middle East

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Do Indian women own 11% of the world鈥檚 gold?

The cultural importance of gold is well known 鈥� but how much do Indians actually own?

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Can maths prove the existence of aliens?

We look a famous equation which tries to explain whether life exists in outer space

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Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?

Checking out stats on boozing Brits and fishing fleets in the South China Sea.

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A boy meets girl meets stats story

A data scientist takes on rom com films to see how women in STEM are represented

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Will there be a billion climate refugees?

We investigate if floods, droughts and storms will cause mass international migration

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Does endurance sport harm your heart?

We investigate the connection between high levels of exercise and arrhythmia

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China鈥檚 missing numbers

How the Chinese state make inconvenient statistics disappear

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Can chocolate be better than salad?

We investigate a nutritional conundrum 鈥� can chocolate ever be better for you than salad?

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Numbers of the year 2023

Hand-picked stats that tell you something interesting about the world

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How much money do the 鈥楴drangheta mafia make?

We investigate whether one criminal group could have a turnover of billions of dollars

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Do we see 10,000 adverts per day?

We investigate the claim that each of us sees thousands of adverts every single day

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Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe?

We investigate how the vast possibilities in chess compare to the vastness of the universe

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Is Oxfam right about the world鈥檚 richest and poorest people?

We investigate how Oxfam use wealth stats to illustrate global inequality

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A pocket-size history of the calculator

Tim Harford explores the history of calculators from clockwork to the Kashio brothers

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The global gender split in young people鈥檚 politics

Tim Harford investigates the growing political divergence between young men and women.

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The digital 鈥榬obots鈥� unlocking medical data

Ben Goldacre on OpenSAFELY, protecting patient privacy while analysing health data

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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?

How much does a man鈥檚 height affect his chances of becoming an NBA basketball player?

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Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?

Is it really true that in extremely long races, women run faster than men?

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Is public speaking really our biggest fear?

Tim Harford investigates the claim that public speaking is people鈥檚 number one fear.

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Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?

We investigate how much the Russian state is spending on the war in Ukraine

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What鈥檚 happening to Arctic ice?

Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?

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Remembering Daniel Kahneman

Tim Harford on the great social scientist, who has died at the age of 90

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Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?

The connection between being alone and an early death

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Tackling The Three-Body Problem

Is the physics in Netflix's new show accurate?

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Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?

Investigating claims that the Cass Review ignored 98% of valuable evidence

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Has Milei fixed Argentina鈥檚 inflation problem?

What falling inflation means for Milei鈥檚 austerity plan and economic 鈥渟hock鈥� measures

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Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?

How problems with opt-in polling can lead to controversial headlines

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