Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
Investigating a claim that 100 made-up claims were found in AI papers
9 mins
Did a Roman charioteer really earn the equivalent of $15 billion dollars?
Europe holds trillions of dollars of US shares and bonds - but can they use them?
Tim Harford investigates benefits, church attacks, saunas and marathon running
29 mins
Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest
Tim Harford investigates Greenland maps, climate costs, house prices and Traitors maths
Why a study from South Korea does not show that vaccines cause cancer
Tim Harford investigates closing schools, X users, Covid deaths and churchgoers
28 mins
We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves
