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Wrestlers: Dying Too Young?

Are WWE stars more likely to die sooner than their non-wrestling peers?

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Worm Wars

Are mass deworming projects a good idea?

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The Elliptical Pool Table

The geometric properties of an elliptical pool table.

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China Stock Market Crash

The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really 鈥楤lack Monday鈥�?

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Queuing Backwards

Would life be better if we served the last person to join a queue not the first.

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How Many is Too Many Bananas?

Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?

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The Rise of the Giants?

Are rugby players getting bigger and bigger?

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How Reliable is Psychology Science?

How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.

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Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅

Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out

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Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?

Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study

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Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?

Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.

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Oil

Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.

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Processed Meat and Cancer

Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.

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China鈥檚 One Child Policy

As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.

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Creativity and Mental Illness

Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?

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Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?

Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?

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鈥楽ympathy鈥� for jihadis.

Are claims that one in five British Muslims 鈥榮ympathise with jihadis鈥� correct?

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Climate Change

Did climate change contribute to the war in Syria?

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100 Year Floods?

Do so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century?

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How many Stormtroopers are there?

Are Star Wars鈥� Stormtroopers the biggest secret army on Earth?

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Numbers of the Year 2015 - Part One

A look back at some of the most interesting numbers that made the news during 2015

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Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2

Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.

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Numbers of the Year 2015: Part Three

Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers making the news in 2015

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Gravitational Waves

In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein鈥檚 theory.

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Oxfam and Wealth Inequality

Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?

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Swedish Refugees

Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden's teenage population?

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Do e-Cigarettes Harm Your Chances of Quitting?

Should research described as 'misleading; and 'not scientific' have been published?

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Fishy numbers?

Will there be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050?

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When 拢10,000 isn鈥檛 a good incentive

Could no prize have been a better way to motivate snooker player Ronnie O鈥橲ullivan?

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Antibiotics and the Problem of the Broken Market

The world needs new antibiotics so how do we entice big pharmaceuticals back in?

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