More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
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Who pays when trade wars heat up?
We look at Donald Trump鈥檚 claim that tariffs are a tax on other countries
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Exclusions, black holes and dividing by zero
Plus special educational needs in Wales and Ghanian nurses in the UK
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Where have Cuba鈥檚 people gone?
We investigate the collapse in the Caribbean island鈥檚 population
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Do we eat a credit card's worth of microplastic each week?
We look at whether humans really ingest five grams of microplastic on a weekly basis
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Are companies making more money from their customers?
We investigate claims mark-ups are larger than ever
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Is planet Earth getting greener?
Jordan Peterson says Earth has greened by 20% in 20 years. Is he right?
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Does a language die every two weeks?
Languages are disappearing. We investigate claims of how often this happens.
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Are women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters?
We unpick the idea that women outnumber men by 14 to 1 as casualties of natural disasters
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Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?
Exploring the link between bumpy flights and climate change
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Federer鈥檚 54%: Tennis stats explained
How Federer became the best in the world winning just over half the points he played