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BBC Radio 4
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Episodes
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Jan 12, 2019 • 11min
WS More or Less: The Mathematics of Fever
We look at the numbers behind body temperature – what is normal?
Jan 11, 2019 • 28min
Sugar, Outdoors Play and Planets
Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour
Jan 4, 2019 • 9min
WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.
Dec 29, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 1
The numbers that made 2018.
Dec 22, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa
What to look out for on Christmas Eve.
Dec 17, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Dam Lies and Statistics
Are mega-dams really sustainable?
Nov 30, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Sex and Heart Attacks
Are women more likely to die from a heart attack than men?
Nov 23, 2018 • 16min
WS More or Less: Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?
Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians
Nov 16, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: When’s a Kilogram Not a Kilogram?
Updating the kilogram.
Nov 9, 2018 • 9min
WS More or Less: Do Assassinations Work?
How likely are assassination attempts on heads of state to succeed?
