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  1. WS MoreOrLess: Money for nothing?

    When it comes to aid, what works best – giving people food, shelter, medicine, or it...

  2. WS MoreOrLess: Millennium Development Goals

    Have the eight goals for addressing extreme poverty set by the UN made a difference?

  3. WS MoreOrLess: Measuring World Health

    Babies born in Rwanda are likely to live healthier lives than those in the most 10% of...

  4. WS MoreOrLess: Maths and Chess

    Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked? Tim pits a...

  5. WS MoreOrLess: Liver Transplant.

    A young listener who needs a liver transplant has received an offer from his brother a...

  6. WS MoreOrLess: Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History

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

  7. WS MoreOrLess: Life Expectancy

    How long might you live?

  8. WS MoreOrLess: Kidney Donation

    The chance of a successful kidney match between two unrelated people has increased in...

  9. WS MoreOrLess: John Nash

    The life and achievements of the mathematician John Nash

  10. WS MoreOrLess: Is this the greatest world cup ever?

    As we reach the end of the group stage are we really witnessing the greatest world cup...

  11. WS MoreOrLess: Is strenuous jogging bad for you?

    Tim Harford asks whether claims that keen runners might be damaging their health are...

  12. WS MoreOrLess: Indian Farmer Suicides

    This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India. But is it any more in...

  13. WS MoreOrLess: Immigration

    How much do migrants cost or benefit a nation? Plus, planning a wedding - when you and...

  14. WS MoreOrLess: How safe is flying?

    The Germanwings A320 tragedy, in which 150 people died, is the latest in a series of...

  15. WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?

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

  16. WS MoreOrLess: How Many Stormtroopers are there?

    Are Star Wars’ Stormtroopers the biggest secret army on Earth?

  17. WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?

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

  18. WS MoreOrLess: How do we calculate the distance to the sun?

    Two young listeners emailed the programme to ask how we calculate the distance to the sun.

  19. WS MoreOrLess: Horoscope Health

    Can your horoscope predict which diseases you’ll develop?

  20. WS MoreOrLess: Heads Or Tails?

    Freakonomics guru Steven Levitt joins us to talk about an unusual experiment – to to...

  21. WS MoreOrLess: Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?

    Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory? Ruth Alexander investigates.

  22. WS MoreOrLess: Gravitational Waves

    In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein’s theory.

  23. WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket

    In Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie Bucket wins a to...

  24. WS MoreOrLess: Global Wealth

    Who is in the world's wealthiest elite, and where do they live? Which are the world's...

  25. WS MoreOrLess: Global Footprint

    Do we need one and a half planets worth of resources? Tim Harford investigates.

  26. WS MoreOrLess: Genocide in South Africa?

    It is claimed white South Africans are being systematically killed because of the of...

  27. WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?

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

  28. WS MoreOrLess: Football’s Red Card Cliché

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

  29. WS MoreOrLess: Fertility - when is too late?

    Women in their late thirties shouldn’t be as anxious about their prospects of having...

  30. WS MoreOrLess: Fear of Flying

    After three tragic airline incidents in eight days, is flying becoming more dangerous?...

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