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Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

A lot of corn is eaten in the United States, but is it really 2.5kg per person per day?

• 10 mins

Should the government target persnuffle?

Plus, childhood obesity, birds hitting windows and Sir David Spiegelhalter鈥檚 origin story.

• 27 mins

Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter on his new book, The Art of Uncertainty

• 8 mins

When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?

Plus: the taxes of 60 very rich people, water bill spreadsheets, and is 0 a small number?

• 28 mins

Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?

Why Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

• 8 mins

Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

Plus: MP capital gains claims and grizzly bear berry habits

• 28 mins

Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

Donald Trump says Venezuela is becoming safer than the US. Is he right?

• 10 mins

Are older drivers more dangerous?

Plus, winter fuel deaths, prison sentence maths and leaves on railway tracks.

• 28 mins