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Chess cheats and the GOAT

What a statistical analysis of chess moves can teach us about this ancient game.

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Rounding up the weed killer cancer conundrum

We examine the cancer-causing potential of the weed killer glyphosate

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Where is Scotland’s highest village?

A battle is brewing in the Southern Scottish uplands between two rival villages.

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The economic impact of mega sporting events

Major sports events and the benefits to the local economy.

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Bernie Sanders and the cost of having a baby

Did Bernie Sanders get the cost of giving birth right?

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Avengers - Should we reverse the snap?

Exploring the economic impact of losing half the world’s population

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Sex Recession

US and British surveys show people are having less sex than in the past.

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Making music out of money

A musical interpretation of a chart depicting the yield-curve of American bonds.

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Florence Nightingale – recognising the nurse statistician

How collecting data about the dead led the famous nurse to promote better sanitation.

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Volcanoes versus humans

Does Mount Etna produce more carbon emissions than humans? We check the numbers.

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The things we fail to see

The hidden influences that make a big difference to the way the world works

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Dealing with the numbers of cancer

How one woman used statistics to help cope with cancer

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Are married women flipping miserable?

Questioning the claim that unmarried women without children are the happiest

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Questioning the Chernobyl disaster death count

We fact check the recent TV drama Chernobyl

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Is nuclear power actually safer than you think?

We compare how deadly different forms of power generation are.

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Zimbabwe’s economy: Are sanctions to blame?

We look at politicians’ claims that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe’s difficulties.

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Missing women from drug trials

How medical testing on just men causes problems.

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Pregnancy prohibitions – the evidence

Taking a statistical look at what expectant mothers should avoid

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The spread of fact-checking in Africa

With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?

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Immigrant crime rates in the US

Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans in the United States?

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Mice and mind blowing maths

Re-inserting a caveat and discussing a really cool numbers trick.

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Ethiopia’s 350m trees in a day

Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?

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Amazon forest fires

Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?

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Deforestation in Brazil

Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?

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Cape Town murders

Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?

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Peaty v Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?

Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming

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Who fought in World War One and the American Civil War?

Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?

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Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?

Is it true that there are more rough sleepers in San Francisco than in Britain?

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Aid to Ukraine and being struck by lightning

Dissecting President Trump’s aid to Ukraine claims.

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Esther Duflo and women in economics

Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banjeree and Michael Kremer’s Nobel Prize in Economics.

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