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Terence Tao: Maths ‘the canary in the coal mine’ on AI
Oct 24, 202610 min
Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres stop disinformation bots?
Oct 17, 20268 min
Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?
Oct 14, 202629 min
Fact-check: Is China missing a billion people?
Oct 10, 20268 min
Is the UK state pension really the lowest in Europe?
Oct 7, 202628 min
The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper
Oct 3, 20268 min
Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?
Sep 30, 202630 min
Trump fact-check: Do the US and Venezuela have 60% of the world’s oil?
Sep 26, 20269 min
Has the UK’s productivity puzzle been solved?
Sep 23, 202629 min
Are carrots becoming less nutritious?
Sep 19, 20268 min
Are bad teeth the number one reason kids go to A&E?
Sep 16, 202628 min
Could this be the strongest El Niño in 1,000 Years?
Sep 12, 20268 min
Why are so many ex-prisoners being sent back to prison?
Sep 9, 202628 min
Is every card shuffle unique?
Sep 5, 20268 min
Bonus podcast: Norman Numbers
Sep 4, 20266 min
Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year?
Aug 29, 20268 min
How much of the world isn’t owned by anyone?
Aug 22, 20268 min
14 million deaths or zero deaths? The impact of the USAID cuts
Aug 15, 20268 min
How much of all the money in the world does Elon Musk have?
Aug 8, 20268 min
Would you take £50,000 or a 50/50 chance of £1m?
Aug 1, 20268 min
The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula
Jul 30, 202629 min
Is crime in London ‘through the roof’?
Jul 25, 20268 min
How much luck do you need to win the World Cup?
Jul 18, 20268 min
Does playing tennis make you live 9.7 years longer?
Jul 11, 20268 min
Does the average teacher really earn £54,000?
Jul 8, 202628 min
Does a full moon make crime rates go up?
Jul 4, 20268 min
Examining the numbers behind Andy Burnham’s ‘Manchester Miracle’
Jul 1, 202628 min
The messy history behind the modern calendar
Jun 27, 20268 min
Benefits vs minimum wage: Which pays more?
Jun 24, 202628 min
Benefits v minimum wage: Which pays more?
Jun 24, 202628 min
Is the US worse than North Korea for malnutrition deaths?
Jun 20, 20268 min
Is the US worse than North Korea for malnutrition deaths?
Jun 20, 20268 min
Does Europe suffer more heat deaths than the US?
Jun 17, 202628 min
Does Europe suffer more heat deaths than the US?
Jun 17, 202628 min
Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today?
Jun 13, 20268 min
Andrew Ross Sorkin: What can the Great Crash of 1929 tell us about today?
Jun 13, 20268 min
Education, Education, Education (and immigration)
Jun 10, 202628 min
Education, Education, Education (and Immigration)
Jun 10, 202628 min
Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France
Jun 6, 20268 min
Factchecking claims that 400 churches were burned to the ground in France
Jun 6, 20268 min
Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes
Jun 3, 202628 min
Debunking the claim that migrants will get half of new homes
Jun 3, 202628 min
The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
May 30, 20268 min
The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
May 30, 20268 min
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?
May 27, 202628 min
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?
May 27, 202628 min
Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real?
May 23, 20268 min
Is the ‘loneliness epidemic’ real?
May 23, 20268 min
Are refugees more likely to commit crime?
May 20, 202628 min
Are refugees more likely to commit crime?
May 20, 202628 min