More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Episode guide
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A groundbreaking new proof for Pythagoras鈥� Theorem?
Two high school students say they鈥檝e discovered a new trigonometric proof for the theorem
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A grand economic experiment? (WS)
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment being played out between Europe, trying...
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A Girl's First Time, Shark's Stomachs, Prime numbers
First sexual experience - checking the facts.
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A Euro Debt Odyssey
In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of...
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A case of statistical significance in Greece
This week Ruth Alexander looks at the extraordinary case of Andreas Georgiou the head...
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A boy meets girl meets stats story
A data scientist takes on rom com films to see how women in STEM are represented.
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A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the FIFA football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
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98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?
Investigating claims that the Cass Review ignored valuable evidence
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60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots
Can there really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil?
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2011 in numbers
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
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2010 in numbers
Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all...
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20 Apr 12
We investigate the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of...
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20 Apr 12
Is the rate of species extinction exaggerated - or even unknowable? Producer: Richard...
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100,000 Christian martyrs?
It is claimed an average of 100,000 Christians have died because of their faith every...
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03 Sep 2010
How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And,...
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(WS) Weight of the world
How fat could the global population become? Plus, Angela Saini considers whether could...
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(WS) Chance encounters
Is the likelihood of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think? Angela...
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鈥淩ecord鈥� Covid cases, Trump on the death count, and ant pheromones
Case counts in perspective, a suspect stat from the US, and life lessons from insects.
