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Superforecasting the Coronavirus

Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?

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Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?

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Climate change and birdsong

With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?

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Covid-19 fatality rate

Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?

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Social distancing and government borrowing

Where do the different social distancing measurements come from?

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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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Coronavirus baby boom and vitamin D

Are we going to have a coronavirus baby boom?

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Keep your distance

Tim Harford examines how can we avoid infection spreading, while getting on with life.

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Spanish coronavirus figures and pangolins

Are pangolins the most trafficked animal in the world?

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Who should be quarantined?

Tim Harford finds out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection.

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A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave

Tim Harford looks into why protests haven鈥檛 led to a spike in Covid-19 cases

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Why Trump is wrong about the USA鈥檚 coronavirus case comeback

The data behind the rise in coronavirus cases in the US

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Sweden鈥檚 lockdown lite

Sweden stayed open during the pandemic 鈥� how well did it work?

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Covid misconceptions and US deaths

How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?

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Data in the time of cholera

A journey back to the birth of epidemiology

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Covid in Africa

Do we have enough data to know what鈥檚 happening on the continent?

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Melting Antarctic ice

If all the ice in Antarctica melted, would global sea levels rise by 70 metres?

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Belarus鈥� contested election

Tim Harford looks at the numbers behind the widely questioned election result

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Obesity and poker

Tim Harford looks at Covid-19 and obesity. Plus, what poker teaches us about statistics.

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Is Trump right about blood plasma therapy?

Is convalescent plasma therapy effective for treating Covid-19?

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Breast cancer screening

Could screening for breast cancer from the age of 40 save lives?

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Sex workers in the 18th century and jellyfish

Did one in five women in 18th century London made a living selling sex?

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The magical maths of pool testing

Could pool testing hold the key to ramping up Covid-19 testing?

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Caffeine and pregnancy

Do coffee and pregnancy mix?

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Trump鈥檚 misleading 'fact' about the Covid-19 death count in the US

We examine a suspect stat from the US and an eye-popping claim about volumising mascara.

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A short history of probability

Gamblers, millionaires and annuities

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Auction Theory - Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson

This year鈥檚 Nobel memorial prize winners for economics and their work on auction theory.

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US election: facts or fiction

Tim Harford hears about the sheer volume of false claims made in the campaign.

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Asymptomatic Covid-19 cases

How many Covid-19 cases are truly asymptomatic?

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How deadly is Covid 19?

Why there isn鈥檛 one single death rate.

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