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Did AI researchers let AI hallucinations into scientific papers?
Investigating a claim that 100 made-up claims were found in AI papers

Is an ancient charioteer the best paid sportsperson of all time?
Did a Roman charioteer really earn the equivalent of $15 billion dollars?

Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius?
Is Chelsea’s Liam Delap a maths genius? Or has he got a trick up his sleeve?

Could Europe use its financial muscle to strong-arm the US?
Europe holds trillions of dollars of US shares and bonds - but can they use them?

Is Greenland as big as Africa?
Tim Harford asks if Greenland is really as vast as most maps seem to suggest

South Korea study does not show Covid vaccine causes cancer
Influencers claim that this study shows that covid jabs cause cancer. That is not true

Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?
We investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves

Numbers of the year 2026
From passenger numbers to world cup travel, we cast our eye forwards into 2026

Numbers of the year 2025
From tariffs to comets, we look back at the numbers of 2025 across the world

The shocking world of US health costs
Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?