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  1. WS MoreOrLess: Ebola

    What do we know about how deadly the Ebola virus is, and how likely is it that there...

  2. WS MoreOrLess: Does politics make us get our sums wrong?

    To what degree do our personal opinions cloud our judgement? Yale University have to...

  3. WS MoreOrLess: Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brains?

    Is it true that humans use just 10% of their brains? It’s the premise of the new...

  4. WS MoreOrLess: Did global poverty halve overnight?

    Did the number of people around the world living in extreme poverty fall by half a few...

  5. WS MoreOrLess: Deaths in Gaza

    As the Gaza conflict continues, the fact that there are estimated to be nearly three...

  6. WS MoreOrLess: Death Penalty

    Death Row exoneration statistics. Recently it’s been claimed that for every nine in...

  7. WS MoreOrLess: Creativity and Mental Illness

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

  8. WS MoreOrLess: Counting the Dead in Iraq

    In Iraq, estimates of the death count since the war started 2003 range from 100,000 to...

  9. WS MoreOrLess: Could statistics cure cancer?

    Ruth Alexander speaks to a statistician at the forefront of cancer research, Professor...

  10. WS MoreOrLess: Climate Change

    Did climate change contribute to the war in Syria?

  11. WS MoreOrLess: China's One Child Policy

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

  12. WS MoreOrLess: China Stock Market Crash

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

  13. WS MoreOrLess: Caps off to Rooney

    England captain Wayne Rooney made his 100th appearance last weekend but former England...

  14. WS MoreOrLess: Brazil’s Maths Superstar

    The Man Who Counted, a book of 'Arabic' mathematical tales written by Middle Eastern...

  15. WS MoreOrLess: Black prisoners in the US

    Oscar-winner John Legend said that there are more black men "under correctional in the...

  16. WS MoreOrLess: Big Numbers

    How computers are fooled by big numbers. Chris Baraniuk, technology journalist, talks...

  17. WS MoreOrLess: Big Data

    Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver from to...

  18. WS MoreOrLess: Bad Luck and Cancer

    Most cancers are caused by "bad luck" according to reports of a new study.

  19. WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?

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

  20. WS MoreOrLess: Are 95% of Terrorism Victims Muslim?

    In the wake of the Paris killings, an imam in Paris told the BBC that most terrorism...

  21. WS MoreOrLess: Anti-Semitism

    Is anti-semitism on the rise? Ruth Alexander and James Fletcher look at the numbers, a...

  22. WS MoreOrLess: An apple-a-day

    An apple-a-day will actually keep the doctors away, according to a study in the of the...

  23. WS MoreOrLess: Alcohol risk

    Do two large glasses of wine triple your risk of mouth cancer, as claimed on a health...

  24. WS MoreOrLess: 'Spurious Correlations'

    Is the divorce rate in the US state of Maine linked to margarine consumption? It's one...

  25. WS MoreOrLess: '‘Sympathy’ for jihadis

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

  26. WS MoreOrLess: Neknomination Outbreak

    The rise and fall of an online epidemic: How studying the spread of infectious the out...

  27. WS MoreOrLess: Modern Slavery

    Are there 21 million slaves in the world today? Director of 12 Years a Slave, Steve at...

  28. WS More or Less: You have 15,000 likes!

    A listener doubts her popularity on the dating app Tinder. We investigate the numbers.

  29. WS More or Less: Yellow cards for Christmas

    Are footballers trying to get suspended for Christmas?

  30. WS More or Less: Wrestlers - dying too young?

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

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