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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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Edith Abbott and crime statistics

Social worker and economist Edith Abbott and her contribution to crime statistics.

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Unbelievable: The forgotten rape data

How shelved data from rape cases in America is helping the police catch criminals now.

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Reducing your risk of death

Can running and owning a dog reduce your risk of an early death?

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Bolivia: Can statistics help detect electoral fraud?

We look at the numbers and statistics from Bolivia’s disputed presidential election

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The world’s busiest shipping lanes

Which is the busiest shipping lane in the world?

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Testing tomatoes

Have these saucy fruits become less healthy over time?

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Tree planting pledges

Are the tree planting initiatives proposed by different UK political parties achievable?

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Koalas

Have bushfires destroyed 80% of the koala habitat in Australia?

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