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Coronavirus

Fact checking claims about the spread of Coronavirus

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How fast are alligators and hippos?

Can alligators run at 50kmph? Join us in clocking alligators鈥� gaits

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Coronavirus: The numbers

An update on Covid-19 statistics, with Tim Harford

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Artificial (not so) Intelligence

Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?

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Netflix v the environment

Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?

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How much heat do you lose from your head?

Is it true that 40% of your body's heat loss comes from your head?

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The mystery of Iran鈥檚 coronavirus numbers

Does Iran have a lot more covid-19 cases that its figures suggest?

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Mitigation or suppression: What鈥檚 best to tackle coronavirus?

How statistical modelling can help us respond to the Coronavirus pandemic

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Covid-19: The risks

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter puts the risks of Covid-19 into perspective

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Are more men dying from coronavirus?

Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander examine the statistics around the world.

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Should you wear a face mask?

Tim Harford looks at the debate over making your own Covid-19 protection.

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Superforecasting the Coronavirus

Can professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?

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Comparing countries' coronavirus performance

Is it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?

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Climate change and birdsong

With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?

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Covid-19 fatality rate

Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?

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Social distancing and government borrowing

Where do the different social distancing measurements come from?

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60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots

Can there really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil?

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Coronavirus baby boom and vitamin D

Are we going to have a coronavirus baby boom?

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Keep your distance

Tim Harford examines how can we avoid infection spreading, while getting on with life.

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Spanish coronavirus figures and pangolins

Are pangolins the most trafficked animal in the world?

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Who should be quarantined?

Tim Harford finds out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection.

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A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave

Tim Harford looks into why protests haven鈥檛 led to a spike in Covid-19 cases

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Why Trump is wrong about the USA鈥檚 coronavirus case comeback

The data behind the rise in coronavirus cases in the US

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Sweden鈥檚 lockdown lite

Sweden stayed open during the pandemic 鈥� how well did it work?

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Covid misconceptions and US deaths

How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?

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Data in the time of cholera

A journey back to the birth of epidemiology

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Covid in Africa

Do we have enough data to know what鈥檚 happening on the continent?

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Melting Antarctic ice

If all the ice in Antarctica melted, would global sea levels rise by 70 metres?

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Belarus鈥� contested election

Tim Harford looks at the numbers behind the widely questioned election result

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Obesity and poker

Tim Harford looks at Covid-19 and obesity. Plus, what poker teaches us about statistics.

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