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Fat or Fiction
A ‘new’ BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen
Indian Farmer Suicides
This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India
Food waste and Scrabble
Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally.
The Parable of the Ox
Tim Harford tells us about a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition.
The Parable of the Ox
What the Parable of the Ox can tell us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system.
Numbers of 2012
Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.
Numbers of 2012
Tim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.
Fact-checking US gun-crime statistics
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths.
Fact-checking US gun crime statistics
Tim Harford investigates US gun crime statistics and the average age of first-time buyers.
What is "rare"?
When we say something is rare what do we mean?
