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    Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.

    Did the UK really carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests in one day?

  2. Climate change and birdsong

    With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?

  3. Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown

    Are doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?

  4. Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

    Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?

  5. 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?

  6. Superforecasting the Coronavirus

    Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?

  7. Should you wear a face mask?

    Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.

  8. Coronavirus deaths, facemasks and a potential baby boom

    Is the coronavirus death count misleading because of delays in reporting?

  9. Are more men dying from coronavirus?

    Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.

  10. Supermarket stockpiling, A-level results and Covid-19 gender disparity

    Is the coronavirus pandemic having a different impact on men and women?

  11. Covid-19: The risks

    Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective

  12. 25/03/2020

    The risks of Covid-19 for different age groups and what restrictions mean for the economy.

  13. Mitigation or suppression: What’s best to tackle coronavirus?

    How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic

  14. The mystery of Iran’s coronavirus numbers

    Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?

  15. How much heat do you lose from your head?

    Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?

  16. Netflix v the environment

    Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?

  17. Artificial (not so) Intelligence

    Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?

  18. Coronavirus: The numbers

    An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford

  19. Coronavirus, Jam, AI and Tomatoes

    Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, plus James Wong on vegetables

  20. How fast are alligators and hippos?

    Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators’ gaits

  21. Tracking Terror Suspects

    Costing counter-terrorism, interrogating tomatoes, the UK's reading age, politics and GDP

  22. Coronavirus

    Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus

  23. Coronavirus, emotions and guns

    Numbers that matter in measuring outbreaks, smelly stats around scent and more.

  24. Dozy science

    How much sleep do we really need?

  25. Netflix and Chill

    The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto

  26. Japan’s 99% conviction rate

    Quantifying justice in Japan

  27. Weighing the Cost of Brexit

    Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck

  28. Bushfire mystery

    Have a billion animals died in Australia’s fires?

  29. Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

    How many animals have died in Australia and how many Labour voters went Conservative?

  30. C-sections and sharks

    Hospital births in China and whether it’s true 50% are delivered by caesarean section

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