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Numbers of the Year: Part Three

Robert Peston, Helen Joyce and Dr Hannah Fry on their most memorable numbers from 2014

• 10 mins

Bad Luck and Cancer

Is 'bad luck' the cause of most cancers as reports of a new study suggest?

• 9 mins

Are 95% of Terrorism Victims Muslim?

Tim Harford investigates the popular statistical claim

• 10 mins

Global Wealth

Who is in the world鈥檚 wealthiest elite, and where do they live?

• 10 mins

The Maths of Dating

How to use mathematics to find your partner. And, how reliable are pregnancy due dates?

• 10 mins

Is strenuous jogging bad for you?

Tim Harford on claims that keen runners might be damaging their health

• 10 mins

The Mathematical Secrets to Relationships

How maths can help you find love, and hold on to it. Plus, listeners鈥� favourite stats

• 10 mins

Sleeping: the 8-hour myth

Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?

• 10 mins

Black prisoners in the US

Legend: 鈥楳ore black men under correctional control now than enslaved in 1850鈥�. True?

• 10 mins

The Future of Food

Do we need to produce more food by 2050 than we have in the past 10,000 years?

• 10 mins

Measuring World Health

Will babies born in Rwanda be healthier than those in the most deprived 10% of England?

• 10 mins

Does Breastfeeding Increase IQ?

Do breastfed babies become more intelligent adults?

• 10 mins

How Safe is Flying?

Following the Germanwings A320 tragedy, are plane crashes becoming more common?

• 10 mins

Maths and Chess

Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked?

• 10 mins

The Ignorance Test

Can you pass world health expert Hans Rosling鈥檚 Ignorance Test?

• 10 mins

A Liver Transplant

A question from a listener about a living transplant

• 10 mins

Xenophobia in South Africa

Are international migrants stealing jobs?

• 10 mins

Nuns on the Rise

Are more women getting in the habit?

• 10 mins

Princess Charlotte

Assessing the economic benefit of a new princess.

• 10 mins

Big Numbers

How a simple computer bug has led to explosions, missing planes and more

• 10 mins

Death Row

Is it true that for every nine people executed in the US, there is one person exonerated?

• 10 mins

John Nash

The life and achievements of the mathematician John Nash

• 10 mins

Qatar Migrant Worker Deaths

Is the World Cup really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar?

• 10 mins

Global Footprint

Do we need one and a half planets worth of resources?

• 10 mins

Horoscope Health

Can your horoscope predict which diseases you will develop?

• 10 mins

Biggest Movies

Jurassic World took $511m in its first weekend. Why have recent films done so well?

• 10 mins

More or Less: The Greek Odyssey

Tim Harford explains the Greek economic crisis with a little help from 91热爆r鈥檚 Odyssey

• 10 mins

Greece Special

Tim Harford looks at the numbers to tell the story of the Greek crisis.

• 28 mins

Live 8, The G8 and Making Poverty History

What has been achieved in the ten years since Live 8 sought to Make Poverty History?

• 10 mins

Life Expectancy

How long might you live?

• 10 mins