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    ‘Sympathy’ for jihadis.

    Are claims that one in five British Muslims ‘sympathise with jihadis’ correct?

  2. Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?

    Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?

  3. Creativity and Mental Illness

    Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?

  4. China’s One Child Policy

    As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.

  5. Processed Meat and Cancer

    Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.

  6. Oil

    Are a million barrels of Nigeria’s oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.

  7. Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?

    Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.

  8. Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?

    Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study

  9. Football’s Red Card Cliché

    Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out

  10. How Reliable is Psychology Science?

    How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.

  11. Dementia, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate

    Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get dementia.

  12. The Rise of the Giants?

    Are rugby players getting bigger and bigger?

  13. Striking Numbers?

    Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?

  14. How Many is Too Many Bananas?

    Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?

  15. Is it worth targeting non-voters?

    Can the left rely on non-voters to get them into power? Tim Harford looks at the numbers.

  16. Queuing Backwards

    Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.

  17. Fit for Work or at Death's Door?

    Are people dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? With Tim Harford.

  18. China Stock Market Crash

    The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really ‘Black Monday’?

  19. China Stock Market Crash

    The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? With Tim Harford.

  20. The Elliptical Pool Table

    The geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.

  21. Soaring diabetes - is there some good news?

    Diabetes cases are soaring, but is this down to new diagnoses? Tim Harford investigates.

  22. Worm Wars

    Are mass deworming projects a good idea?

  23. Migrant Crisis

    A 'swarm' of migrants heading for Europe? Are the numbers really up?

  24. Wrestlers: Dying Too Young?

    Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?

  25. Counting Foreign Fighters

    How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?

  26. Life Expectancy

    How long might you live?

  27. Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History

    What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?

  28. Greece Special

    Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.

  29. Greece Special

    Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.

  30. More or Less: The Greek Odyssey

    Tim Harford explains the Greek economic crisis with a little help from Homer’s Odyssey

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