More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?
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WS MoreOrLess: Creativity and Mental Illness
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?
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WS MoreOrLess: China's One Child Policy
Fri 6 Nov 2015
As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Processed Meat and Cancer
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Oil
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.
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WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.
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WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study.
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WS MoreOrLess: Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅
Fri 2 Oct 2015
Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out.
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Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's
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WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?
Fri 25 Sep 2015
How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.
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Striking Numbers
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?
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Is it worth targetting non-voters?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Can the left rely on non-voters to get them into power? Tim Harford looks at the numbers.
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Queuing Backwards
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.
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Fit for work or at deaths door?
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Are thousands dying after being declared 'fit for work' by the government? Is sugar bad?
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WS MoreOrLess: China Stock Market Crash
Fri 28 Aug 2015
The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really 鈥楤lack Monday鈥�?
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China Stock Market Crash
Fri 28 Aug 2015
The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? with Tim Harford
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WS MoreOrLess: The Elliptical Pool Table
Fri 21 Aug 2015
Tim Harford tests the geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.
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Soaring diabetes - is there some good news?
Fri 21 Aug 2015
Diabetes cases are soaring, but is this down to new diagnoses? Tim Harford investigates.
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WS More or Less: Wrestlers - dying too young?
Fri 7 Aug 2015
Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?
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WSMoreOrLess: Counting Foreign Fighters
Fri 31 Jul 2015
How many foreigners have joined militants in Iraq and Syria, and where do they come from?
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WS MoreOrLess: Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History
Fri 17 Jul 2015
What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?
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Greece Special
Sun 12 Jul 2015
Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.
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Greece Special
Fri 10 Jul 2015
Tim Harford and the More or Less team look at the numbers behind the Greek crisis.
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Biggest Movies
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Jurassic World took $511m in its first weekend. Why have recent films done so well?
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WS MoreOrLess: Horoscope Health
Fri 19 Jun 2015
Can your horoscope predict which diseases you鈥檒l develop?
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
蘑菇短视频 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
