<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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Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes 2026-06-03
The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2026-05-30
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means? 2026-05-27
Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real? 2026-05-23
Are refugees more likely to commit crime? 2026-05-20
Erdos Problem 1196: Can AI now solve maths that no human can? 2026-05-16
Why it’s wrong to say vaping is as bad for you as smoking 2026-05-09
Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef? 2026-05-02
Have RFK and MAHA really changed American views on vaccines? 2026-04-25
Is Trump right that wind turbines are killing millions of birds? 2026-04-18
Dr Spock’s dangerous advice on baby sleep 2026-04-11
How likely is ‘likely’? 2026-04-04
How much water does AI consume? 2026-03-28
Paul Ehrlich: The man who bet England wouldn’t exist by the year 2000 2026-03-21
Transgender women in sport: Does ‘comparable’ mean ‘equal’? 2026-03-14
US-Israel war with Iran: Do the gulf states have enough interceptor missiles? 2026-03-07
Has a company really discovered a million new species? 2026-02-28
Did AI researchers let AI hallucinations into scientific papers? 2026-02-21
Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time? 2026-02-17
Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius? 2026-02-07
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