Can China's data on covid deaths be trusted?

Is China under-reporting data on Covid related deaths?

• 9 mins

A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers

How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?

• 28 mins

How we shook the world of very large numbers

How an edition of More or Less influenced the naming of enormous numbers

• 8 mins

Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs

How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance?

• 29 mins

Does toilet paper cause 15% of global deforestation?

We investigate the impact of our use of toilet paper on the world’s forests.

• 8 mins

Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

We fact check Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to halve inflation

• 28 mins

Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?

Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?

• 10 mins

Brexit and trade, pensioner millionaires and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer

We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit

• 28 mins

Hannah Fry on using shopping data to detect ovarian cancer

The mathematician discusses a study that suggests loyalty card data could signal cancer.

• 9 mins

The IMF and the UK economy, NHS staff shortages and British vs English

How much should we trust the IMF’s forecasts for the UK?

• 28 mins

Spreadsheet disasters

The long and costly history of spreadsheet mistakes

• 10 mins

Nurses' pay, ambulance times and forgotten female economists

We look at how much nurses in the UK are paid compared with those in Europe.

• 28 mins

Florence Nightingale and how she visualised data

Tim Harford discusses the power of the nurse statistician’s groundbreaking diagrams

• 10 mins

Reoffending rates, Welsh taxes and the menopause

Tim Harford and team fact check a government claim about falling reoffending rates

• 29 mins

Do 29,000 coffee pods really go to landfill every minute?

We explore the environmental consequences of our thirst for coffee

• 10 mins

UK vs European energy prices, falling excess deaths and is 5 grams of cocaine a lot?

We debunk a claim that the UK has by far the highest energy prices in Europe

• 28 mins

Does your jewellery contain stolen Brink’s-Mat gold?

We ask what happened to the 3 tonnes of pure gold after the infamous robbery of 1983

• 10 mins

Do fungi kill three times as many people as malaria?

We investigate the claim that fungal infections are a much bigger killer than malaria.

• 8 mins

Silicon Valley Bank: a very modern bank run

How do bank runs happen?

• 9 mins

Covid vaccines and false claims about miscarriage

We debunk viral claims that incorrectly link covid-19 vaccines with a risk of miscarriage

• 9 mins

A groundbreaking new proof for Pythagoras’ Theorem?

Two high school students say they’ve discovered a new trigonometric proof for the theorem

• 10 mins

How to better understand and explain numbers

Professor Oliver Johnson discusses the use of statistics in the pandemic and in life.

• 10 mins

How accurate is baby's due date?

This week we investigate how a baby's due date is calculated

• 10 mins

The Pentagon Leaks and Fox News

Why did Tucker Carlson say far more Ukrainian troops than Russian are dying in the war?

• 9 mins

How much is the Coronation crown worth?

King Charles will be anointed with St Edward’s Crown – but what’s its true value?

• 10 mins

Why is life expectancy falling in the USA?

We ask why average life expectancy in America is falling so quickly.

• 10 mins

Do 94% of marriages in Portugal really end in divorce?

We examine a social media post that claims to outline rates of divorce across the world.

• 10 mins

Detecting Bad Science with Data

Uncovering fraud, malpractice and incompetence in science

• 10 mins

NHS waiting lists, Voter ID and measuring divorce

Why a fall in those waiting longest for treatment in England isn't telling the whole story

• 28 mins

Food prices, net migration and beef about beef

Does Britain really have the most affordable food in Europe?

• 30 mins