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<p>Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.</p>

Title	Date published
Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres stop disinformation bots?	2026-10-17
Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?	2026-10-14
Fact-check: Is China missing a billion people?	2026-10-10
Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe?	2026-10-07
The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper	2026-10-03
Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?	2026-09-30
Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?	2026-09-26
Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?	2026-09-23
Are carrots becoming less nutritious?	2026-09-19
Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?	2026-09-16
Could this be the strongest El Niño in 1,000 Years?	2026-09-12
Why are so many ex-prisoners being sent back to prison?	2026-09-09
Is every card shuffle unique?	2026-09-05
Bonus podcast: Norman Numbers	2026-09-04
Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year?	2026-08-29
How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone?	2026-08-22
14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts	2026-08-15
How much of all the money in the world does Elon Musk have?	2026-08-08
Would you take £50,000 or a 50/50 chance of £1m?	2026-08-01
The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula	2026-07-30

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