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Global Wealth
Who is in the world鈥檚 wealthiest elite, and where do they live?
The Maths of Dating
How to use mathematics to find your partner. And, how reliable are pregnancy due dates?
Is strenuous jogging bad for you?
Tim Harford on claims that keen runners might be damaging their health
The Mathematical Secrets to Relationships
How maths can help you find love, and hold on to it. Plus, listeners鈥 favourite stats
Sleeping: the 8-hour myth
Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?
Black prisoners in the US
Legend: 鈥楳ore black men under correctional control now than enslaved in 1850鈥. True?
The Future of Food
Do we need to produce more food by 2050 than we have in the past 10,000 years?
Measuring World Health
Will babies born in Rwanda be healthier than those in the most deprived 10% of England?
Does Breastfeeding Increase IQ?
Do breastfed babies become more intelligent adults?
How Safe is Flying?
Following the Germanwings A320 tragedy, are plane crashes becoming more common?
Maths and Chess
Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked?
The Ignorance Test
Can you pass world health expert Hans Rosling鈥檚 Ignorance Test?
A Liver Transplant
A question from a listener about a living transplant
Xenophobia in South Africa
Are international migrants stealing jobs?
Nuns on the Rise
Are more women getting in the habit?
Princess Charlotte
Assessing the economic benefit of a new princess.
Big Numbers
How a simple computer bug has led to explosions, missing planes and more
Death Row
Is it true that for every nine people executed in the US, there is one person exonerated?
John Nash
The life and achievements of the mathematician John Nash
Qatar Migrant Worker Deaths
Is the World Cup really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar?
Global Footprint
Do we need one and a half planets worth of resources?
Horoscope Health
Can your horoscope predict which diseases you will develop?
Biggest Movies
Jurassic World took $511m in its first weekend. Why have recent films done so well?
More or Less: The Greek Odyssey
Tim Harford explains the Greek economic crisis with a little help from 成人快手r鈥檚 Odyssey
Greece Special
Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.
Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History
What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?
Life Expectancy
How long might you live?
Counting Foreign Fighters
How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?
Wrestlers: Dying Too Young?
Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?
Worm Wars
Are mass deworming projects a good idea?
The Elliptical Pool Table
The geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.