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    The Maths of Dating

    How to use mathematics to find your partner. And, how reliable are pregnancy due dates?

  2. Cameron's 1000 Jobs

    The Conservatives' employment claims, milk, teachers, dating and pregnancy due dates.

  3. Global Wealth

    Who is in the world’s wealthiest elite, and where do they live?

  4. Is Anti-Semitism Widespread in the UK?

    Tim Harford asks if the majority of hate crime in the UK is directed against Jewish people

  5. Are 95% of Terrorism Victims Muslim?

    Tim Harford investigates the popular statistical claim

  6. How big are the Conservatives' planned cuts?

    Post-election spending, terrorism victims, Nigeria death toll and the worst board games.

  7. Bad Luck and Cancer

    Is 'bad luck' the cause of most cancers as reports of a new study suggest?

  8. A&E Waiting Times

    Including NHS target data, bad luck and cancer, and statistics that are true and unfair.

  9. Numbers of the Year: Part Three

    Robert Peston, Helen Joyce and Dr Hannah Fry on their most memorable numbers from 2014

  10. Numbers of the Year 2014

    Tim Harford and guests look back at some of the weird and wonderful numbers of 2014.

  11. Numbers of the Year: Part Two

    Goalkeepers, gold miners and happiness: We look at the most interesting numbers of 2014

  12. Numbers of the Year: Part One

    What is so special about 39,222 Mexican teachers? Professor Carlos Vilalta tells us

  13. Soviet World War Deaths

    Did almost 80% of boys born in the Soviet Union in 1923 not survive World War Two?

  14. Zimbabwe's Economy

    Following Zimbabwe’s budget last week, what do the numbers mean for the nation's future?

  15. Teenage Pregnancy

    The truth behind the claim that 'one-third' of US girls become pregnant as teenagers

  16. Caps off to Rooney

    Wayne Rooney wins his 100th cap but is it easier to earn them than in previous eras?

  17. Pregnancy and Homicide

    Is murder a leading cause of death for pregnant women as claimed in the film Gone Girl?

  18. Tracking and Tackling Ebola

    We speak to global health expert Hans Rosling about the numbers surrounding Ebola.

  19. Kidney Donation: The Chance of Finding a Match

    Why has the chance of a kidney match between unrelated people risen so much in 10 years?

  20. Screening for Ebola

    Are airport screenings for Ebola really effective at stopping the disease's transmission?

  21. A Warning about Big Data

    With the hype surrounding big data are we forgetting some basic statistical lessons?

  22. Species in Decline?

    Are claims that species populations have dropped 50% in the last 40 years true?

  23. Will Berlin See a Sub-two-hour Marathon?

    Why Berlin is likely to be the place we eventually see a sub-two-hour marathon

  24. Calculating the Distance to the Sun

    Two young listeners ask how we calculate the distance to the sun

  25. The Barnett Formula

    Tim Harford explains the Barnett Formula and asks why it is so maligned.

  26. The UK vs Mississippi

    Is Britain really poorer than every US state, except for Mississippi?

  27. Kidney donation: the chance of finding a match

    Tim Harford on kidney donation, charity-giving, Huntrodds' Day, ants and tiny countries.

  28. Shakespeare v Rappers

    Who has the biggest vocabulary - the Bard or today’s rap stars?

  29. Understanding the Scottish referendum polls

    Tim Harford talks to YouGov and ICM about trying to gauge the political mood in Scotland.

  30. To Ice or Not to Ice?

    The ALS ice bucket challenge has made $100m. How should we choose charities to donate to?

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