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    What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?

    Why the likelihood of planetary impact changed as asteroid 2024 YR4 approached.

  2. Why are more people claiming disability benefits?

    Plus, UK v Russia on free speech and the collapse of the Labour Force Survey.

  3. How did lockdown impact children?

    Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown.

  4. What is an IQ map and can we trust them?

    We investigate maps that suggest extremely low average IQs in developing countries

  5. DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

    Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.

  6. Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?

    Trump wants access to Ukraine’s Rare Earth deposits.

  7. Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths

    The numbers behind Ukraine’s rare earth worth and the UK’s defence spending ambitions.

  8. Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?

    Donald Trump says the US has given Ukraine more aid than Europe - what does the data say?

  9. Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?

    Is this ‘the biggest fraud in the whole of history'?

  10. Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?

    Are Hamas bombing Israel with condoms sent by the US?

  11. Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doctors?

    How baby mortality statistics gave a misleading impression about racism in healthcare

  12. Are quantum computers already super-powerful?

    We investigate what a big claim about the speed of a quantum chip really means.

  13. Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

    We investigate if the US president’s crypto is really worth tens of billions of dollars.

  14. Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?

    We investigate if people with red hair have a hidden pain-blocking superpower

  15. Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?

    We investigate a refugee claim that is often being taken out of context.

  16. Numbers of the year: Part two

    Our listeners' favourite numbers of 2024

  17. Numbers of the year 2024

    We ask experts about their favourite stats from 2024.

  18. Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?

    Fact checking the fascist regime.

  19. How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

    How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?

  20. Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?

    We investigate if 10 percent of the Greek population died during the second world war

  21. Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?

    We look at whether DOGE can successfully balance the US budget.

  22. Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?

    We investigate a huge estimate for how much governments pay to support coal, gas and oil

  23. Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?

    We investigate a viral graph that suggests turnout was drastically lower than in 2020

  24. Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

    We delve into the stats on the scale of the fashion industry

  25. What can economics learn from sport?

    From loss aversion to game theory, how sports provide evidence for economic theories

  26. Are older drivers more dangerous?

    Plus, winter fuel deaths, prison sentence maths and leaves on railway tracks.

  27. Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

    Donald Trump says Venezuela is becoming safer than the US. Is he right?

  28. Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

    Plus: MP capital gains claims and grizzly bear berry habits.

  29. Nobel Prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?

    Why Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

  30. When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?

    Plus: the taxes of 60 very rich people, water bill spreadsheets, and is 0 a small number?

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