<p>Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.</p>
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Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen’s head
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2020-09-23
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The magical maths of pool testing
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2020-09-19
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Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara
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2020-09-16
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Covid cases rising, a guide to life’s risks, and racing jelly-fish
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2020-09-09
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Schools and coronavirus, test and trace, maths and reality
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2020-09-02
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Covid plasma therapy
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2020-08-26
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A-level algorithms, poker and buses
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2020-08-19
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Belarus’ contested election
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2020-08-15
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Hawaiian Pizza, obesity and a second wave?
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2020-08-12
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Melting Antarctic ice
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2020-08-08
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Covid in Africa
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2020-08-01
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Data in the time of cholera
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2020-07-25
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Covid misconceptions and US deaths
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2020-07-18
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Sweden’s lockdown lite
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2020-07-11
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Why Trump is wrong about the USA’s coronavirus case comeback
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2020-07-04
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Why did the UK have such a bad Covid-19 epidemic?
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2020-07-01
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A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave
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2020-06-27
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Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave
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2020-06-24
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Who Should be Quarantined?
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2020-06-20
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Quarantine, Test and Trace and BODMAS
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2020-06-17
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