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Do 85% of the world鈥檚 population practice a religion?

Counting religions across the globe 鈥� is the world getting more religious or less?

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The puzzles you鈥檙e meant to get wrong

Alex Bellos sets Tim Harford logical conundrums designed to deceive

• 9 mins

Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

A lot of corn is eaten in the United States, but is it really 2.5kg per person per day?

• 9 mins

Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter on his new book, The Art of Uncertainty

• 9 mins

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

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

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

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

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What can economics learn from sport?

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

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Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?

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

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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

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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

• 9 mins