<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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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
Could Europe use its financial muscle to strong-arm the US? 2026-01-31
Can you get £71,000 on benefits? 2026-01-28
Is Greenland as big as Africa? 2026-01-24
How close is Greenland to the United States? 2026-01-21
No, a study has not shown that the covid jab causes cancer 2026-01-17
Have more than 100 private schools been forced to close because of VAT? 2026-01-14
Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world? 2026-01-10
The Stats of the Nation: Immigration, benefits and inequality 2026-01-09
The Stats of the Nation: Older people, education, prisons and the weather 2026-01-08
The Stats of the Nation: Sex, drugs and empty homes 2026-01-07
The Stats of the Nation: Health 2026-01-06
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